Tag: dailyprompt-1865

There can be no substitute for healthy growth through the actions demanded by literacy: ‘reading’ and ‘writing’.

February 28, 2026

I wonder what a world would be like where there was no concept of reading. I won’t even tread into the world of ‘writing’ for I am no writer and have no right therefore to write or speak of it’s effects for good or ill, at least as far as I am concerned. But read … More There can be no substitute for healthy growth through the actions demanded by literacy: ‘reading’ and ‘writing’.

The dominance of aspirations to growth: the illusion of the economic and psychosocial versions of growth in capitalist societies.

March 2, 2024

What experiences in life helped you grow the most? Do you remember this messianic moment in Toryism when Liz Truss announced her discovery of an ‘Anti-Growth Coalition’ in British politics and then forced her ideas into action causing widespread economic decline. The notion of ‘growth’ as the panacea of all ills ought to have had … More The dominance of aspirations to growth: the illusion of the economic and psychosocial versions of growth in capitalist societies.