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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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The derangement of the modern human
The rise of extremism and conspiracy theorists.
Martyn Foster
Feb 17, 20234 min read
The Media-tations
A proper gander at propaganda, journalism and freedom of speech.
Martyn Foster
Feb 10, 20234 min read
Popularity and Truth
The everlasting pursuit of truth, objectivity and certainty in a world of falsehoods, subjectivity and uncertainty.
Martyn Foster
Feb 3, 20234 min read
Therapeutic Gaming
Come with me if you want to live…or escape or suppress an existential crisis.
Martyn Foster
Dec 9, 20223 min read
Perfectionism and Idealism
The struggling journey on never being able to do something justice.
Martyn Foster
Dec 2, 20223 min read
Question time is in session
Back by popular demand, where you can get to know me, and more importantly yourself, a bit better.
Martyn Foster
Nov 25, 20225 min read
Spirit of the law vs letter of the law
Applied with VARying results.
Martyn Foster
Nov 18, 20224 min read
It’s question time!
And you can play along at home too!
Martyn Foster
Nov 11, 20224 min read
Remember, remember the 5th of November…
You can kill people, but not ideas.
Martyn Foster
Nov 4, 20223 min read
Addressing the anxious elephant in the room
Because the longer anxiety is ignored the bigger it gets.
Martyn Foster
Oct 28, 20224 min read
Fantasy and Reality – Part II
“I wish I was like you, easily amused.”
Martyn Foster
Oct 21, 20224 min read
Fantasy and Reality
Where one stops and the other begins is becoming harder to tell.
Martyn Foster
Oct 14, 20224 min read
The Art of Losing
Magnanimous Marty “takes the L”
Martyn Foster
Sep 30, 20223 min read
Does immoral action make an object itself immoral?
How much power does consumer sentiment really have in defining business ethics?
Martyn Foster
Sep 23, 20223 min read
Meaning and Work
Seeking fulfilment with it, from it and everything in between.
Martyn Foster
Sep 16, 20224 min read
Ethical dilemmas in our economic trading partners
An exercise in moral idealism vs practical reality, and in some cases, necessity.
Martyn Foster
Aug 19, 20224 min read
Outright purchase vs subscription based access
Will ownership become a thing of the past?
Martyn Foster
Aug 12, 20224 min read
One does not simply “adult”
It’s probably easier to walk into Mordor!
Martyn Foster
Aug 5, 20224 min read
A problem of distribution or production?
Have we reached a point where we have enough?
Martyn Foster
Jul 29, 20223 min read
The gift and curse of intelligence
With superior processing power and cognitive ability comes great responsibility and isolation.
Martyn Foster
Jul 22, 20224 min read
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