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The Curse of The Electric Light Bulb

Sep 25, 2021

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Reading Time: 3 minutesHave you ever considered how nice it would be to wake up when the sun comes up, and to end the day when the sun goes down? In summer the days would be long and filled with memories. In winter we would head to sleep when the sun sets. Every day we…

The Pandemic Of Sisyphus

Jul 13, 2021

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richard

in environmental, social conscience

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are in a pandemic where the only disease vector is proximity to others, so in theory this is one of the easiest pandemics to overcome, and end. In practice people are like cats, and getting them to self-isolate is like herding cats. Paradoxically if people were as hard to herd as…

Another Pandemic Weekend Without Plans

Mar 5, 2021

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richard

in cycling, social conscience, Swiss walks

Reading Time: 3 minutesNormally at this time of year, as the snow melts and the temperatures increase the opportunity for spring and summer sports returns. These sports are via ferrata, outdoor climbing, hiking and more. This year is different because although today is Friday no plans have been made for the next two days. There…

The Year-Old Pandemic

Mar 2, 2021

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richard

in lifestream, observation, social conscience

Reading Time: 3 minutesThanks to the incompetence of leadership during this pandemic Switzerland went from a low of 21 cases per day in June 2021 to a high of 3600 or more over Christmas. This is really a shame. For a short period up to the 21st of June Switzerland really looked as if it…

How To Be A Realistic Optimist During a LockDown.

Jan 6, 2021

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richard

in social conscience

Reading Time: 5 minutesDuring the first lockdown in March I believed in the rationality and logic of others to help bring a pandemic to a close within a reasonable amount of time. Now that we’re in the Post-Christmas and New Year lockdown I feel that the likelihood of a normal summer is low. That’s why…

On the Prospect of Re-confinement

Oct 28, 2020

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richard

in social conscience

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday let’s comment on the prospect of Re-confinement. Plenty of people, when lockdown ended, decided that now was the time to start doing group activities, without masks, and without waiting for the transmission rate to get down to zero. As a prize they had a relatively normal summer, with good memories, stories…

Bullying Disguised as Satire

Aug 18, 2020

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richard

in social conscience, social media, Social Media Deontology, social media living room

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re in the middle of a pandemic. Some of us go without conversing with people in the real world for days or even weeks at a time. Is now the time to be offensive about people’s social media habits? For plenty of TikTok users, their only window into the social world…

The Slowness of Public Transport

Jul 21, 2020

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richard

in social conscience

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday someone something to the effect “If I go from here to there it will take me two and a half hours so it would require a car.” That’s what I have been saying for years. That’s one of the reasons for which having a sporty life, during the pandemic, is not…

2020 – The Golden Opportunity to Be A Recluse

Jul 18, 2020

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richard

in social conscience

Reading Time: 4 minutes2020 – The Golden Opportunity to be a Recluse. If you’ve ever wanted a reason not to be social then open society’s behaviour, in regards to the COVID-19 virus, has provided us with a fantastic opportunity to enjoy being reclusive. During a normal Spring and Summer I would be driving to the…

The Pain of Optimism During a Pandemic

Jul 10, 2020

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richard

in social conscience

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe pain of optimism during a pandemic can clearly be felt by those who were optimistic enough to believe that self-sacrifice during the pandemic would result in a summer free of the COVID-19 Virus in Switzerland. We went from a moving average over seven days of one thousand one hundred and twelve…

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