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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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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
34, can I get an encore, do you want more?
Life is good, but it can be better.
Martyn Foster
May 12, 20232 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
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
National Treasures
Celebrating colourful characters that represent a country.
Martyn Foster
Dec 16, 20224 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
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