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TMR 213 : Dr. Tim Ball : More New Adages for the Technocratic Era

Published: Dec. 7, 2018, 8:32 p.m.

By popular demand, we welcome back Dr. Tim Ball\u2014a "retired" lecturer in geography and historical climatology at the University of Winnipeg, and now perhaps the most entertaining and informative after-dinner speaker on the planet\u2014for a second conversation on his "new adages for the technocratic era".

During the last conversation, Dr. Ball said that maybe we would need a second programme to cover his adages adequately. Many listeners picked up on that, and asked me to invite him back for a second chat. So I did, and here it is\u2014another fun, wide-ranging and provocative conversation.

"Adages are proverbs, or short memorable statements, expressing a general truth, usually based on experience. Many have no relevance to the modern world, such as "Don\u2019t look a Gift Horse in the mouth", but many are still useful: \u201cWhere there is smoke there is fire.\u201d What we need are new adages for the modern technocratic age."--Tim Ball, "New Adages for the Technocratic Era".

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