Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONWTF is your Future?If you are paranoid, it’s depression. If you are prescient, it’s optimism.·3 min read·Apr 28, 2024----
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONDEI is rightfully under attack by the right, who think it is wrong.It’s normal to reject what you don’t understand; it’s the first test of validity and the start of negotiations.·3 min read·Apr 28, 2024--1--1
Ian Beckett MScinThe Black VeilWork-Life BalanceA job is just a job, not your life; the challenge of achieving balance inspired this poem:-·2 min read·Apr 28, 2024--2--2
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONWhen is it OK to manipulate someone?Management and religion both use manipulation to achieve their objectives.·3 min read·Apr 23, 2024--1--1
Ian Beckett MScinENGAGEAre Religious and Political Extremists Needed?In his song God, John Lennon wrote, “God is a construct by which we measure our pain”.·3 min read·Apr 21, 2024--2--2
Ian Beckett MScMeeting my end in BoliviaThe road from Corani Lake to Cochabamba is filled with hundreds of crosses of those who will remain forever young.·2 min read·Apr 15, 2024--1--1
Ian Beckett MScinENGAGEMaybe We Already Live in The MatrixEssay and poetry·4 min read·Apr 14, 2024--2--2
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONReversing Up a One-Way StreetOccasionally, I get a flash of illumination — this last week, when I read Thomas L. Friedman’s “Thank You For Being Late”, I had a “hey —…·2 min read·Apr 3, 2024--1--1
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONThere are only three certainties in life — Death, Taxes and Job LossEveryone knows about the first two, as they are an oft-quoted analogy for explaining certainty. You can defer but never avoid, as the…·4 min read·Mar 27, 2024----