A Crisis of Trust
(Header image: Photo by Liane Metzler on Unsplash) In my last essay at Granite Grok I discussed the accumulation of knowledge as a function of the invention of written language, and how knowledge in many fields became so great that it required the development of careers where people focused on one specific field of study – doctors, engineers, […]
The Right to Disagree
There’s an old saying with multiple variations: One topic, two Jews, you’ll get three opinions in four minutes. Now of course this doesn’t just apply to us Jews. I’ve met argumentative people of many flavours – whether different races, male or female, straight or gay or whatever, multiple different religions and national origins. I’ve […]