Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONWTF is your Future?If you are paranoid, it’s depression. If you are prescient, it’s optimism.·3 min read·1 day ago----
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·1 day ago----
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·1 day ago--1--1
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONWhen is it OK to manipulate someone?Management and religion both use manipulation to achieve their objectives.·3 min read·6 days ago--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--1--1
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----
Ian Beckett MScinILLUMINATIONThis Shit Works!I love the Quentin Tarantino movie Kill Bill, where Michael Madson, as Budd, asks Daryl Hannah, who plays Elle Driver, “They say the number…·3 min read·Mar 12, 2024----