Tag Archives: Philosophy

More wood

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Washing hands is a highly effective health practice. Today it may seem obvious, but it required thousands of years of prior human existence. In fact, the British had already been in Menorca for some time and were using the new Camí d’en Kane when a Nordic doctor, observant and methodical, who attended women during childbirth, began noticing a great difference in recovery if he washed his hands beforehand.

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Participatory society

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It is more deeply rooted than many people think. It occurs under both right-wing and left-wing ideologies, although it tends to manifest in different ways. It is a way of viewing the architecture of our society in which no actors are allowed beyond those who appear in public institutions.

According to this logic, the full legitimacy granted by democratic elections to those who are chosen to sit at the plenary table is also seen as a sufficient argument to delegitimize anyone else who wishes to participate actively in public life.

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Interest, in general

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The combination of interests drives many of the essential processes that make life on the planet possible. Humans, inclined to create our own world, often shape social realities that verge on the surreal.

This spring has brought enough rain for short-cycle plants. That is why the countryside is full of flowers — a grand stage to observe the actors of life in motion. If we have a closer look at a blooming field (at one that has not been sprayed), we will find wild and domestic bees, caterpillars and butterflies, spiders and flies… all of them pursuing their particular interest in interacting with the flowers.

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The Menorca Beyond

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We are prisoners of the social moment in which we happen to live. At the end of the Franco regime, there was a strong desire for change, to break free from that barracks-like atmosphere. Everyone imagined a different reality, a different kind of society, with more breathable air. Now that we have freedom, a globalized economy, and countless whims within reach, it is harder to look beyond the wall.

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