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Book Review: How to do Nothing: Resisting the attention economy

Wednesday, 22 January 2020

| Karina Kreminski

This book is not about how to do nothing, but an act of ‘political resistance’ against the attention economy. Odell confronts us with who we have become, a disembodied, distracted society moulded by technologies with not so altruistic agendas, and calls us to become something different - a community that is human.

Link Highlights | November-December 2019

Sunday, 22 December 2019

| Ethos editor

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from November and December 2019

Book review: The Madness of Crowds – gender, race and identity

Friday, 20 December 2019

| Ian Hore-Lacy

As the grand narratives of religion and secular political hopes collapsed over the last century, we have moved to a culture of aggressive identity politics where disagreement has become ‘hate speech’. How can we learn to be generous outside our own tribal group, to listen respectfully and forgive indiscretions?

Dealing with loss at Christmas

Thursday, 19 December 2019

| Nils von Kalm

For many people, Christmas is the hardest time of the year. Thankfully, the joy of Christmas can only really be known within pain.

Link Highlights | October 2019

Friday, 1 November 2019

| Ethos editor

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from October 2019

Book Review: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Thursday, 10 October 2019

| Rex Dale

Peterson’s book has been described as profound and practical. Christians will be disappointed that it is ‘sub-Christian’. But there is much that can be learned from it. The children of this world can sometimes be wiser than the children of light.

Link Highlights | September 2019

Monday, 7 October 2019

| Ethos editor

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from September 2019

Greta Thunberg and prophetic utterance

Thursday, 3 October 2019

| Paul Tyson

There were three kinds of responses to Greta Thunberg’s UN speech on climate change. But none of these responses seem appropriate. What should our response be?