Category Archives: Top Ten Conflict Tips from Great Thinkers

The Principles of this Blog

Posted on September 25, 2020 by creativeconflictwisdom

It sometimes good to make explicit the principles that underpin this blog:  Principles for the 21st Century The Tao that can be told is not the true Tao (Tao Te Ching, Lao Tse): theories floating free of reality are of … Continue reading →

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The Decline of Argument

Posted on September 23, 2020 by creativeconflictwisdom

I am having to let go of a friend because of abuse and ad homineming in an argument. Not the first time. For the record: 1) I love arguing, especially with those who can do point counter point arguing: take … Continue reading →

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Arguing with Friends of Friends on Facebook: Ad Hominems and All

Posted on January 27, 2020 by creativeconflictwisdom

I have these arguments with friends of friends (FoF) on FB. My friends know better. 🙂 I post a typical fairly pessimistic political comment with say three points and some evidence/argument for each. This is what I think is going … Continue reading →

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Clown’s Red Nose

Posted on January 27, 2020 by creativeconflictwisdom

The former Norwegian army peace keeper and mine clearer, who had served all over the Middle East, in Afghanistan and the Sudan conflicts, I had dinner with on Saturday told some amazing stories. One of them was that in the … Continue reading →

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Aristotle on Inequality

Posted on December 5, 2019 by creativeconflictwisdom

“The best constitution is one controlled by a numerous middle class which stands between the rich and the poor. For those who possess the goods of fortune in moderation find it “easiest to obey the rule of reason” (Politics IV.11.1295b4–6). … Continue reading →

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Nothing Wrong with Changing Your Mind: Margaret Heffernan

Posted on December 5, 2019 by creativeconflictwisdom

Great piece in today’s UK Financial Times on the value of changing your mind. I try to do it all the time and this blog is all about some ways to do that. There is nothing wrong with changing your … Continue reading →

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Ideology

Posted on December 4, 2018 by creativeconflictwisdom

Someone recently asked me what Ideology I followed, I replied: “We had to choose a word for an English essay when I was about 15 and I chose ideology as my word and defined it I recall “as a way … Continue reading →

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Political Equation

Posted on October 28, 2018 by creativeconflictwisdom

Outrage + Activism – Strategy = Defeat + Cynicism Author of this blog with reference to Trump’s America and the reactions to it, especially from the Democratic Party

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Human Folly

Posted on October 28, 2018 by creativeconflictwisdom

“It may be a sign of advancing age on my part, but I have come to believe that there is no stupidity of which we are incapable.” Martin Wolf on Reddit and in UK Financial Times

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The Real Adam Smith: Jesse Norman

Posted on June 22, 2018 by creativeconflictwisdom

A fine article from the UK Financial Times by Conservative MP Jesse Norman: Capitalism In search of the real Adam Smith How would the father of modern economics reform 21st-century capitalism? Jesse Norman “Capitalism in flames, populism and nationalism on … Continue reading →

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