One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.

The smug complacency of technology adverts disguises a pretty mixed picture, with too many people not connected, too many passive users of technologies designed for interactive, and far too much talk about empowerment but far too little action to make it happen.

In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.

Economies are complex beasts that need people to do an extraordinary range of tasks.

Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real - all the opposite of what mainstream schooling actually does.

Health is already a dominant sector in most societies and the one most guaranteed to grow.

A lot of people in government don't really read books at all.