The role of good government is to ensure that people have: housing health care jobs a conserved environment culture education care at both ends of life fair elections public transport varied and unbiased media food support of science businesses regulated \’You are mistaken,\’ said he gently, \’that is not good government, that is the best.”
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I have now joined Goodreads. My list of books is here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/48379400.David_Horton Plus a button to follow me.
Hey, I\’ve joined Blue Sky (the new twitter). Come and join me @davidrh.bsky.social Worth a try…
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This tiny insignificant planet full of an idiot species of hominid determined to destroy all other life forms on it while worshipping imaginary creatures that encourages it to do so, would be a much better place if those hominids realised that every one of the trillions of galaxies out there have billions of planets housing
Whenever Homo sapiens seems to be making progress in some aspect of life like saving the environment, or improving health care for the poor, or making education better, or sharing wealth more equally, some arsehole will turn up and not only prevent it happening but put it in reverse. NB This post stimulated by the
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Look, I think it is terrific that business leaders and right -wing politicians have got interested in science and have decided to conduct an experiment to see what happens when you pour more and more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere of Planet Earth. I mean it is a very interesting question, and the results so
A reminder that my previous book, published nearly a quarter of a century ago, but still with it, and rather nicely written, is available from Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/The-Pure-State-of-Nature-Sacred-cows-destructive-myths-and-the-environment/Horton/p/book/9781865081076
There should be a name for the feeling you get when you discover that a plant you had thought you had killed by neglect has a new green shoot.
