Thousands and thousands killed in wars. Soldiers labeled ‘legitimate targets’ and killed civilians referred to as ‘collateral damage’ (if they belong to ‘the enemy’ group). An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Is this the world we want to live in? Ralph and I have had so…
What we call social media, how social is it really? Millions upon millions of people, instead of socializing with each other, sit on their own and send out images and texts in cyberspace in the hope of being part of a community, to be seen, to be listened to. Maybe…
A simple view of a meaningful life and its global importance I Ralph Edwards and Marie Lindquist There are three Oxford Language aspects of ‘meaningful’: important, consequential and sincere, denoting that meaningful includes something that has current as well as ongoing significance and can be trusted as wholehearted and not…
The sun is shining. Sharp spring sunlight, mercilessly revealing dirty window panes and dusty surfaces. I'm going out. Here, the bright light is good. Warming, uplifting. I feel the will to live. Reborn. The joy of existing. To meet spring once again. To be there when nature comes to life.…
Hurusom man håller sig ren utan att bli alltför blöt på ryggen När jag går mina morgonpromenader lyssnar jag med nöje på Louise Epstein och Agnes Wold, två radiopersonligheter som har åsikter om både det ena och det andra. Liksom dessa två anser jag att daglig brutal dränkning av hela…
Jag undrar om det är någon mer som noterat att folk verkar ha slutat säga ’jag tycker’ eller ’jag tror’ – nu är det ’jag tänker’ för hela slanten. Vad är problemet med detta kan man ju undra. Först lite definitioner (en yrkesskada efter alla år av att producera vetenskapliga…
Självklart visste jag att det någon gång skulle bli ett slut på Nordegren & Epstein i P1. Men jag blev förvånad över hur starkt jag reagerade när beskedet väl kom. Jag förstår att det, efter 12 år, kan vara dags att göra något annat. Allt har sin tid. Förändring behövs…
Have you heard someone say “change is good” recently? I have, more than once, and I don’t like this expression. Change is something different from before. It is not intrinsically good, nor bad. The reason for change may be good or bad or something in between; and the result may…
On warfare, propaganda and difficult choices The government of Sweden has now abandoned a 200-year-old strategy to keep out of formal military alliances. There may well be compelling reasons for a change – many politicians argue that there are - but the forced pace of this decision and the lack…
Last time I went to the airport I heard a woman saying to her friend “Isn’t it odd that we managed to put people on the moon before figuring out that it would be a good idea to put wheels on suitcases”. Quite so, I thought. In the 1960s we…