Controlling the Narrative… A Mugs Game History is written by the victors, as Winston Churchill once pointed out. The trouble is, the victors are eventually defeated. It is the inevitable, slow, irresistible force of cause and effect. The oppressed become the oppressors, the winners the losers, and we descend into endless cycles of tit-for-tat […]
Author: John Gamble
Online Education…Not
Online Education…Not Warning, as Seth Godin would say, ‘this is a rant.’ Due to COVID we saw a massive rise in online lectures and education, out of necessity. In some cases, really great, in others, not so much. I do believe the rapid delivery of much needed skills and new ways of […]
That Could Have Gone Smoother
That Could Have Gone Smoother In my opinion, one of the greatest little bits of dialogue ever delivered in a game is in a cut scene from Red Dead Redemption 2. The primary protagonist, Arthur Morgan, and his gang have just pulled off another messy robbery. One of the gang chirps: “Well that […]
Traffic Lights Don’t Need Disruption
Traffic Lights Don’t Need Disruption At a traffic light, disruption is not conducive. This is even more true when the traffic light is out and there is no traffic conductor to assist. The general rule at a broken traffic light in South Africa is to treat it like a four way stop, you […]
What if you had no name?
What if you had no name? What if you had no name? How would you define yourself? How would others define you? The serious implications of having no name are clearly demonstrated by the story of ‘Sixty-Six Garage’, the Mexican migrant who lay in a permanently vegetative state in a Houston hospital […]
Almond Milk Wallpaper
Almond, Oat, Coconut, Rice and Soy Wallpaper We as consumers are lazy. You may, at work, bemoan the supplier or colleague who never reads their emails properly, as I do. But then I go to the supermarket and purchase the wrong box of milk, because I don’t read labels once I’ve chosen a brand […]
MMA or Martial Art?
MMA or Martial Art, What’s the Conflict? MMA is about winning, it’s purely competitive. Martial Art is a lifetime practice. One thrives on seeking conflict for domination, for victory. The other seeks to diffuse conflict as quickly as possible, to create a new state of being. It also uses inner conflict to […]
Fool for Truth
Fool for Truth or Fool for a Fix As April Fool’s Day whizzes past us once more, I find myself pondering on the role of the Fool. I’ve done comedy as performer on stage, in ads, for voice overs and as writer, and I even tried stand up…once. I may try it again, at […]