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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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Why can’t people just be nice?
Because the world is not Cadbury.
Martyn Foster
Apr 21, 20234 min read
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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
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The Misanthropic Psychologist
Carer of the contemptible.
Martyn Foster
Mar 24, 20234 min read
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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
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WEIRD Societies
Everybody’s out for themselves.
Martyn Foster
Mar 10, 20232 min read
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What it means to be human
Are we forgetting ourselves or is this just evolution?
Martyn Foster
Mar 3, 20234 min read
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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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The derangement of the modern human
The rise of extremism and conspiracy theorists.
Martyn Foster
Feb 17, 20234 min read
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The Media-tations
A proper gander at propaganda, journalism and freedom of speech.
Martyn Foster
Feb 10, 20234 min read
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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
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National Treasures
Celebrating colourful characters that represent a country.
Martyn Foster
Dec 16, 20224 min read
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Therapeutic Gaming
Come with me if you want to live…or escape or suppress an existential crisis.
Martyn Foster
Dec 9, 20223 min read
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Perfectionism and Idealism
The struggling journey on never being able to do something justice.
Martyn Foster
Dec 2, 20223 min read
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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
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Spirit of the law vs letter of the law
Applied with VARying results.
Martyn Foster
Nov 18, 20224 min read
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It’s question time!
And you can play along at home too!
Martyn Foster
Nov 11, 20224 min read
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Remember, remember the 5th of November…
You can kill people, but not ideas.
Martyn Foster
Nov 4, 20223 min read
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Addressing the anxious elephant in the room
Because the longer anxiety is ignored the bigger it gets.
Martyn Foster
Oct 28, 20224 min read
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Fantasy and Reality – Part II
“I wish I was like you, easily amused.”
Martyn Foster
Oct 21, 20224 min read
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Fantasy and Reality
Where one stops and the other begins is becoming harder to tell.
Martyn Foster
Oct 14, 20224 min read
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