When AI Systems Try to deal with bias they encounter an underlying truth: no one’s perceptions are wholly true. Tackling that starts with ourselves Think of a doctor or a lawyer. If what comes to mind is the image of a white man, does that show your unconscious...
Extreme Weather Shows How Conditionality Works by Vishvapani, Thought for the Day, 16.2.2024 https://www.wiseattention.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/TFTD-16.02.24-Vishvapani.m4a Extreme weather is disconcerting because climate change shows how far our responsibility...
Thought for the Day BBC Radio 4 14.07.23 When a storm blows up in the media we get drawn in. Milan Kundera and the Buddha can help us stay alive to humans realities behind the news. One of the many lessons the Czech novelist Milan Kundera, who died this week, urged on...
Trans debates are just one battleground in the Culture Wars. Learning fromthe Buddha, how can we make peace? Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4 19.05.2023 Andrew,’ I said. ‘You look … different.’ My old friend was wearing a dress and makeup and his hair had grown. ‘I am...
I’ll watch the Coronation this weekend, but how can I say ‘God Save the King’ when I don’t believe in God? King Charles philosophy of ‘Harmony’ could make a connection Thought for the Day BBC Radio 4, 4 May 2023 I think I’ll watch the Coronation this...
