Cyberspace, the Metaverse ...
The nerd in me gets so excited when I read descriptions like the following: “Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by...
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Fiona Prior
- Sep 12, 2021
- 2 min
Lost
At a time when so many of us in Sydney and Victoria are going a little batty with lockdown, this weekend we were also reminded of the...
Fiona Prior
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Dope
OK. I’m guessing that you aren’t addicted to illicit substances. Nor alcohol or over the counter prescription drugs, though that is a...
Fiona Prior
- Aug 29, 2021
- 3 min
And when I love thee not …
I covered some of the most remarkable – or sensational – love affairs in history, last week so this week I thought I’d follow through...
Fiona Prior
- Aug 22, 2021
- 2 min
How do I love thee?
Would I love thee big and bold but oh so romantically as did the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in his 1632 commission of a marble tomb to...
Fiona Prior
- Aug 15, 2021
- 2 min
More Mystery
Last week’s essay on the Axial Age highlighted the mystery of multiple, unconnected (pre-globalised) cultural occurrences in disparate...
Fiona Prior
- Aug 8, 2021
- 3 min
Axial Age 2.0
Axial Age 2.0 COVID, climate change, economic uncertainty. We are presently in a period of ‘so what will happen next?’, the likes of...
Fiona Prior
- Aug 1, 2021
- 3 min
'Grrrrrrrr....'
Things that make me go ‘Grrrrrr’. It is strange to be in lockdown when so many cities in the world are approaching their post-lockdown,...
Fiona Prior
- Jul 25, 2021
- 2 min
The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defence of Truth
The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defence of Truth Written by Jonathon Rausch ‘Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media...
Fiona Prior
- Jul 18, 2021
- 2 min
Fascinating Loners
In COVID lockdowns, recent and present, some are mentally handling the isolation better than others. Those people more immune to the...
Fiona Prior
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
John Lennon and … Meghan Markle?
Discussing Harry and Meghan (I know, lockdown causes much indefensible chatter:), a dear friend likened their relationship to that of...