by sandy | May 16, 2022 | Podcast
The rules of society aren’t always logical The rules and social conventions of our societies form the foundations for the structures that are built on them in the context of what’s considered to be the best wisdom of the time. Some rules go by the wayside, but others...
by sandy | Mar 31, 2022 | Podcast
Listen time: 10 mins A culture of fear The ability to feel fear and respond to fear in dangerous situations is a characteristic of our ancestors – the ones who survived. Fear, then, became a characteristic that was reliably passed on to future generations. This is the...
by sandy | Mar 15, 2022 | Podcast
The numbers don’t lie According to a June 2021 article by an Australian Government agency, the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare, our young people aren’t doing too well. “In 2013–14, 1 in 5 (20%) young people aged 11–17 had either high or very high levels...
by sandy | Mar 1, 2022 | Podcast
Listen time: 12 minutes Lots of people are starting to talk about the value of altruism. Wikipedia defines altruism as the principle and moral practice of concern for the happiness of other human beings or other animals, resulting in a quality of life both material...
by sandy | Feb 23, 2022 | Podcast
LISTEN READ As a young girl, I remember being outraged at the inequalities I saw in the world, but I learnt to stop expecting explanations for why they existed from people who obviously didn’t know the answers either. Because it’s always been like that. Over the...
by sandy | Feb 16, 2022 | Podcast
Make it easy and make it obvious What makes McDonalds and other fast-food chains or restaurants so successful? There’s been a lot of research and publicity around how they design their food to stimulate our ‘feel good’ brain chemicals and hormones, but would they have...
