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QWAN - Quality Without A Name
The many and varied thoughts of Martyn Foster
Welcome to QWAN - Quality Without A Name. This is the blog of writer Martyn Foster who embodies the spirit of QWAN through producing high quality pieces of writing without being a household name.
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Where are the interesting people?
In our strive for greater authenticity, we’ve somehow become all the same.
Martyn Foster
7 days ago3 min read
So be it
Not as cynical passivity or resignation, but as wisdom and acceptance.
Martyn Foster
Jul 33 min read
I know one thing and that is I know nothing
A lesson in Socratic humility.
Martyn Foster
May 85 min read
Control what you can control
In a world of constant chaos remember this stoic principle.
Martyn Foster
May 13 min read
Fascination does not have a moral compass
Individual freedom and thought control.
Martyn Foster
Dec 12, 20254 min read
Life on easy street
The devaluing of competence, skill, difficulty and anything challenging.
Martyn Foster
Dec 5, 20254 min read
Money & Politics
Wealth inequality is THE (inequality) problem.
Martyn Foster
Nov 28, 20255 min read
Somewhere I belong
To be a part or to be apart, that is the question.
Martyn Foster
Nov 21, 20254 min read
With every passing day, I know less…
...but it's not because my memory is failing.
Martyn Foster
Nov 14, 20254 min read
Why does nothing feel good enough?
The creative’s bane of existence.
Martyn Foster
Nov 7, 20253 min read
I’m surrounded by idiots
It’s more likely to be the opposite.
Martyn Foster
Oct 31, 20253 min read
Why we’re all so endlessly tired
Stress, costs, change, fighting, permanently wired…anything else?
Martyn Foster
Oct 24, 20254 min read
The withdrawal from society
Disengaged, disembodied, disaffected…
Martyn Foster
Oct 10, 20253 min read
Roads less travelled
Why saying no to the default life is quickly becoming the default path in life.
Martyn Foster
Sep 19, 20254 min read
Popularity and Truth – Part II
“I’ve become so numb!”
Martyn Foster
Sep 12, 20253 min read
Compassion and Understanding
Going too far or not enough?
Martyn Foster
Sep 5, 20253 min read
Walking on a dream
How can I explain? It keeps me sane.
Martyn Foster
Aug 29, 20252 min read
Heroic life or heroic death
The inability to do the ordinary leads us to an extraordinary dichotomy.
Martyn Foster
Aug 22, 20254 min read
Potentiality and Actuality
Staying in “Wonderland” or a path of commitment and sacrifice.
Martyn Foster
Aug 15, 20253 min read
Why we’re as crazy and confused as we’ve ever been
“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” – Cheshire Cat.
Martyn Foster
Aug 8, 20254 min read
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