Having a good time?

This is the next in my series looking at ‘purpose’. I suspect that for most of us enjoying ourselves – having a good time – is at least part of what we seek in life. For some it will be the main thing. We have one life, so why not enjoy it? So is maximizing […]

New Year, New … ?

Another new year has started. For many people a new year is a positive time. A time for new beginnings and to reflect on the past year (or years!). A chance to make some changes so that life runs a little more as you want it to. And for this we have the new year’s […]

Solar system or neural network?

Some time ago, I gave the talk for one of our occasional ‘men’s breakfasts’ at church. I spoke on the topic of ‘Connections and Complexity’, looking at how complexity arises in systems of many interconnected elements, even where those individual elements are fairly simple. I looked at a few different complex systems that are of […]