Educated

Being educated doesn’t necessarily mean you have a university education. It means you take time to educate yourself on your interests and on life in general. Educated people have the humility to learn and recognize they don’t know it all.

Why I Don’t Watch Television

Posted 15 years ago by Matthew

There’s not much on television these days that is uplifting. You only have to flick on the six o’clock news to see disaster after tragedy after drama. And the odd thing about it is that we have trained people who …

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Who are John Mather, George Smoot, Roger Kornberg…

Posted 17 years ago by Matthew

Who are John Mather, George Smoot, Roger Kornberg, Andrew Fire, Craig Mello, Orhan Pamuk, Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Edmund Phelps? Anyone? No idea? Not even who one of those people might be? Really? Well, I had no clue either, sadly. …

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Seven Essential Qualities of a Friend

Posted 17 years ago by Matthew

I have been asked by a few people to discuss my seven essential qualities for a partner and even for a friend. These seven don’t have anything to do with interests, appearance, wealth, sense of humour etc. All of those …

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