The questions will always be with us
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: Just a bit of humour…
Living the Questions
Living the Questions at TEDxExeter 2013
There are several possible origins for the word ‘religion’ and its modern senses. None of these need imply certainty and rule out doubt. I want to go back to the etymological origins of ‘religion’, and ask a few questions. In the spirit of the TEDxExeter 2013 theme of Living the Questions, I’m not expecting to answer them.
LtQ: If you could ask a stranger any question, what would it be?
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: Self-explanatory, really.
Living the Questions: How’s it going?
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: Stop trying to solve negative things, and work with positive things instead.
LtQ: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: “The neurotic is a person who worries about something that did not happen in the past. He’s [sic] not like us normal people who worry about things that will not happen in the future.”
Living the Questions: Where am I?
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: Throw away your satnav, experiment with deliberate lostness and reconnect with where you are.
LtQ: What if the Hokey Cokey really IS what it’s all about?
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: You’ll just have to read it.
Living the Questions: Fancy a pint?
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: OK, actually about climate change: why Doha was so important, how it has been forgotten, and what you can do.
Living the Questions: Who ate all the pie?
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: Inequality – estimated, actual, and ideal – and what we can do about it.
LtQ: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: Allowing Paul Gauguin to ask the questions, and invite contemplation of the meaning of life.
Living the Questions: What are we missing?
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: Quite possibly one of the world’s best musicians on the street corner, or a myriad other things.
Living the Questions: Why is the sky blue?
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: Moving from Rayleigh scattering to why children keep asking why, and why many adults stop.
Living the Questions: Who am I?
Written for TEDxExeter 2013 “Living the Questions”: Trying not to define myself by my job or any roles, the labels the world would like to slap on me, or any of my mind, emotions or body in isolation from the rest.