Returning Home to a Different Country
This reflective blog contrasts Japan’s well-funded public services, clean civic spaces and cohesive cultural norms with the UK’s fragmented infrastructure, emotional volatility and declining public […]
Metamodern
The Tyranny of Happiness – How the Modern Obsession with Personal Fulfilment Ignores the Lessons of History
In modern Western societies, happiness has been elevated to a moral imperative. It is no longer merely a fleeting experience or an occasional gift of […]
Sensemaking – More Than Logic
“There is not enough love and kindness in the world to permit us to give any of it away to imaginary beings.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, […]
ChatGPT Metamodernism Presentation – Here’s what it told me to say
I’ve asked ChatGPT what I should say in a presentation about metamodernism. This is what it suggested: As an AI language model, I can suggest […]
Radio’s Metamodern Sensibility
In this week’s community media discussion, I thought it might be useful to talk about how radio might change to better suit the needs of […]
Distraction Therapy 076 – Bikram Yoga and Symbolic Resonance
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Distraction-Therapy-076-2022-10-01-Mixdown.mp3Ryan and I met up on Saturday morning for our regular coffee and chat. Ryan came hot-footed from a bikram yoga session, and was super […]
Distraction Therapy 069 – Ryan and Rob in the Metaverse of Madness
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Distraction-Therapy-069-2022-05-14-Mixdown.mp3Is the new Marvel movie, Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, a metamodern film? What would a metamodern radio station sound like, and what […]
Distraction Therapy 067 – Meaning and Archetypes in Popular Culture
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Distraction-Therapy-067-2022-05-01-Mixdown.mp3It was a pleasure, as always, to chat with Ryan Clayton about popular culture, metamodernism and archetypal symbols that have currency in our times. This […]
Distraction Therapy 066 – Learning to Reflect
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Distraction-Therapy-066-2022-04-09-Mixdown.mp3Once again, coffee propelled our conversation this morning, as Ryan and I turned our thoughts to the process of reflection and getting to grips with […]
Distraction Therapy 061 – Metamodern Amble
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Distraction-Therapy-061-2022-02-01-Mixdown.mp3This week, Ryan Clayton and I had a stroll around Leicester, and mulled over some terms and reference points for what we think metamodernism could […]