Woke culture
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This is a short piece examining both sides of Woke Culture. “Woke” is sometimes taken as meaning, “being awake to what is going on”. Readers will note the similarity between the words, woke and awake. But are we really awake to what is going on. Or, are we just accepting, without questioning or critical thinking,…
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Problems Facing Cultural Anthropology in Today’s Woke World The toast at a Pure Mathematics institute in the 60s and 70s was, “To Pure Mathematics. May it never be any use to anyone”. That was tongue in cheek, of course. Pure mathematics is a science, and the comment was just meant to annoy the more worldly mathematicians who…
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Let’s take a look together at three current scenarios to help understand why, in the apparent woke environment the world finds itself in, we listen and regurgitate propaganda, particularly on social media. And why we don’t think for ourselves and search out the true facts. Let’s start with Prince Andrew’s notorious 2019 car-crash interview. Click…