If I was King for just one day…would I give it all away?
Altruism, self-serving, and how much is enough?
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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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Martyn Foster
- Jun 16
- 6 min
Ethical sponsorship in sport – Part II
A follow up discussion to an increasingly hot topic.
Martyn Foster
- Jun 9
- 4 min
Creators of our own demise
Why man has a habit of getting in his own way.
Martyn Foster
- Jun 2
- 6 min
The cost of liberty
Second amendment, mass shootings, guns and freedom.
Martyn Foster
- May 26
- 3 min
The meritocracy hypocrisy
Why we don’t really live in a meritocratic society.
Martyn Foster
- May 19
- 3 min
Confronting my ignorance
The more I know, the more I realise what I don’t know.
Martyn Foster
- May 12
- 2 min
34, can I get an encore, do you want more?
Life is good, but it can be better.
Martyn Foster
- May 5
- 4 min
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
- Apr 28
- 5 min
What makes you feel alive?
Why not much in life excites me anymore and why this is problematic.
Martyn Foster
- Apr 21
- 4 min
Why can’t people just be nice?
Because the world is not Cadbury.
Martyn Foster
- Mar 31
- 4 min
The medicalisation of misery
Life at the bottom: How what used to be an existential crisis is now medical intervention.
Martyn Foster
- Mar 17
- 5 min
Big picture – Modern problems, modern solutions.
Some of the biggest societal and existential concerns going forward and trying to solve them.
Martyn Foster
- Mar 3
- 4 min
What it means to be human
Are we forgetting ourselves or is this just evolution?
Martyn Foster
- Feb 24
- 4 min
Are activists the modern-day Sophists?
The rise of activism, but is it all rhetoric?
Martyn Foster
- Feb 17
- 4 min
The derangement of the modern human
The rise of extremism and conspiracy theorists.
Martyn Foster
- Feb 10
- 4 min
The Media-tations
A proper gander at propaganda, journalism and freedom of speech.
Martyn Foster
- Feb 3
- 4 min
Popularity and Truth
The everlasting pursuit of truth, objectivity and certainty in a world of falsehoods, subjectivity and uncertainty.
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