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New Answers for Old Questions

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Category: Free Citizen
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2026-10-31

It seems that we live in such extraordinary times now that we need new answers to some very old questions, whose answers were never previously in doubt, but due to substantial (and we must assume deliberate) political meddling quite at variance with prior election promises, some questions are now very much in the spotlight.

The Daily Sceptic highlights one of them, but I'm equally certain that there are others ...

 

‘We’re Not Building Tools, We’re Bringing up Children’

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Category: AI
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2026-10-30

The latest brain dump from Dominic Cummings isn't an easy read, dealing as it does with the onrush of all matters AI, from what can it do, how to control it, where is it going, how to direct it, and lastly but probably not leastly, how to survive it.

I have chosen the quote that leaped off the page to me as the title.

Read but don't yet try to understand it all, just let it marinate ...

 

"Let There be Light"

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Category: Health
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2026-10-30"

Genesis 1;3

3And God said, "Let there be light": and there was light.
4And God saw the light, and it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness

As winter beckons and we look forward to shorter days and darker evenings, perhaps we should also consider the quality of the artificial light that we will be inflicting upon ourselves. 

And (surprise!) it is not good. It certainly wouldn't pass muster with the God of Genesis.

How is it deficient?

Mark well, for our health depends upon it to a far greater degree than we probably imagine.

Especially if (as very many do) we are wearing eye-wear ... and sitting behind glass all day long ... and that's before we consider how long we spend squinting at the screens on our gadgets.

And then getting our daily dose of propaganda from watching the TV.

But there is good news too - there is much that we can still do about it!

So listen up!

And if so inclined, deep dive.

But don't neglect the quality of our eyesight itself - good light is all well and good, but our eyesight is affected by more than the light that enters the eyes.

"The [ailing] eye travels through a sequence of procedures each of which answers the symptom of the previous one. The ophthalmologist is paid at each step. The patient’s eye reaches old age having been operated on three or four times, each operation producing new conditions the next operation will address"

Then don't neglect to act upon it. It's never too late to start ...

 

Central Planning for Beginners

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Category: Free Citizen
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2026-10-30

What is the difference between "Central Planning" and "Central Control"?

This man may have been reading too many of my articles.

Or far more probably, he may not. Whichever it is matters not, the conclusions he derives matter enormously.

They should be the foundation upon which our future world is built.

The problem as always is how to get from where we are now to where we want to be?

 

China's PLA vs Xi JinPing?

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Category: Free Citizen
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2026-10-29

The Fifth Plenum may be revealing more than we expect - but only if we can decipher the competing political signals ...

(19 minutes)

Like / Dislike this video here.

 

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