She had a long, curious nose…

Do you believe that facial features and other physical characteristics – say, being fat (or as the sensitivity readers put … More

The Locked Library

Closed! But how can this be? I fall my knees outside the Stalinesque structure that calls itself the Public Library, … More

Suppose you’re an attractive, athletic young philosophy student who loves horsing around, playing sport, bonking girls and hitting the road. … More

“Dad, how do I know you’re not a robot?” “Robots don’t cry in sad movies. The Turing Test says that … More

By me. There are four stages of life. Not three, not five. Four. The first is childhood. When you are … More

Recently I’ve been on a quantum physics kick. The vague thought behind it was, ‘If I read a coupla books … More

We walk the beach washed clean with the big swell on a high tide. There are no shells and no … More

I have a theory – of course I do – about the meteoric rise of depression and anxiety in today’s … More

Work….does it strike you as weird that there’s this thing that most of us hate – and yet we have … More

Of late I’ve been thinking, from time to time, about joy – the sort of moment that lights you up … More