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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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Nietzsche is dead
He may have been dead for over a century, but his influence remains widespread.
Martyn Foster
Aug 25, 20233 min read
That winning spirit
The ability of sport to bring people together.
Martyn Foster
Aug 18, 20233 min read
An honest discussion about honesty
Why people find it difficult and the rise of dishonest people.
Martyn Foster
Aug 11, 20234 min read
It’s just me against the world, baby!
Feelings of loneliness, isolation and being misunderstood.
Martyn Foster
Aug 4, 20233 min read
Greed, I decree! More than you need!
Why we do it, its many forms, and effects.
Martyn Foster
Jul 14, 20234 min read
Life makes no sense
Absurd or a sign of giving up?
Martyn Foster
Jun 23, 20234 min read
Ethical sponsorship in sport – Part II
A follow up discussion to an increasingly hot topic.
Martyn Foster
Jun 16, 20236 min read
Creators of our own demise
Why man has a habit of getting in his own way.
Martyn Foster
Jun 9, 20234 min read
The cost of liberty
Second amendment, mass shootings, guns and freedom.
Martyn Foster
Jun 2, 20236 min read
The meritocracy hypocrisy
Why we don’t really live in a meritocratic society.
Martyn Foster
May 26, 20233 min read
Confronting my ignorance
The more I know, the more I realise what I don’t know.
Martyn Foster
May 19, 20233 min read
Why can’t people just go about their lives in peace?
How do you achieve peace and success in a society where everyone is out to get you?
Martyn Foster
May 5, 20234 min read
What makes you feel alive?
Why not much in life excites me anymore and why this is problematic.
Martyn Foster
Apr 28, 20235 min read
Why can’t people just be nice?
Because the world is not Cadbury.
Martyn Foster
Apr 21, 20234 min read
The medicalisation of misery
Life at the bottom: How what used to be an existential crisis is now medical intervention.
Martyn Foster
Mar 31, 20234 min read
The Misanthropic Psychologist
Carer of the contemptible.
Martyn Foster
Mar 24, 20234 min read
Big picture – Modern problems, modern solutions.
Some of the biggest societal and existential concerns going forward and trying to solve them.
Martyn Foster
Mar 17, 20235 min read
WEIRD Societies
Everybody’s out for themselves.
Martyn Foster
Mar 10, 20232 min read
What it means to be human
Are we forgetting ourselves or is this just evolution?
Martyn Foster
Mar 3, 20234 min read
Are activists the modern-day Sophists?
The rise of activism, but is it all rhetoric?
Martyn Foster
Feb 24, 20234 min read
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