Jonathan RowsonBringing love from the margins to the centre of life– bell hooks.6 min read·Dec 16, 2021--1--1
Jonathan RowsonIt’s about Protection, not Safety: why we decided not to send our children to school (for now).My sons want to go to school. Vishnu is almost five and he’s starting reception at a nearby primary; he is bouncing off the walls at home…8 min read·Sep 3, 2020----
Jonathan RowsonThe Meaning of Sacrifice at EasterExtract from The Moves that Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life by Jonathan Rowson (Bloomsbury 2019). The audio extract of…7 min read·Apr 10, 2020----
Jonathan RowsoninPerspectivaThe End of Think Tanks and the Beginning of ThinkingMy organization is often described as a think tank. In this world of ‘define or be defined,’ I decided to define ourselves differently.9 min read·Mar 2, 2020----
Jonathan RowsonHow to think about the meta-crisis without getting too excited.*The emergency is about the urgency to act. The crisis is about the need to transform. The meta-crisis is the tenacity of our inertia.10 min read·Feb 14, 2020--3--3
Jonathan RowsoninForgeWhat Chess Can Teach You About LuckEven games of skill depend upon opportunity·5 min read·Nov 15, 2019--4--4
Jonathan RowsonWhy do people drink alcohol?It’s such a pity that we draw the wrong conclusions from the pleasures of being slightly drunk.4 min read·Mar 6, 2019--1--1
Jonathan RowsonCultural Indigestion: What we learned and failed to learn from Jordan Peterson’s rise to fame.“In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.” -John Stuart Mill.5 min read·Mar 1, 2019--5--5
Jonathan RowsonBrexit, Democracy and the Sacred: Why a second referendum has to be sacrificial.The philosophical heart of Brexit is the unexamined relationship between democracy and the sacred.13 min read·Jan 9, 2019----
Jonathan RowsoninPerspectivaThe Nordic Secret: why personal development may be the key to social democracyThe Nordic countries are not merely cute. There are things going on there beyond the open sandwiches and the charming crime dramas. And…4 min read·Feb 16, 2018--3--3
