Home confinement is a strange thing. In the 1650s, the French philosopher Blaise Pascal noted that: ‘The sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he cannot stay quietly in his room.’ Really? Surely having to stay confined in one’s quarters is a kind of psychological torture? Pascal’s idea challenges one of our most cherished beliefs: that […]
Our world is under siege. I made this video on Friday. It’s how I see the state of play, what’s gone down, how we have been let down, and what needs to happen in future. This is the script: Our world is under siege. It’s not the enemy we expected. It’s not the enemy we were warned […]
In the 1650s, the French philosopher Blaise Pascal noted that: ‘The sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he cannot stay quietly in his room.’ Really? Surely having to stay quarantined in one’s room is a kind of psychological torture? And yet Pascal’s idea challenges one of our most cherished beliefs: that we must always […]
