Alexander Garton-Eisenacher

What Aristotle might say about Christmas consumerism

Posted on 11th February 202311th February 2023 by Alexander Garton-Eisenacher

The juxtaposition of old ideas, modern resources, and paradoxes in human behaviour can be fascinating. This Briefing looks to these sources for the light they shed on Western materialism; more especially, on how and why many in Britain and the West, despite acute financial pressure, still choose to celebrate Christmas lavishly … if not excessively! […]

New Year, New Reality: On the ethics and metaphysics of Zuckerberg’s Meta-verse

Posted on 31st December 202131st December 2021 by Alexander Garton-Eisenacher

On 28 October 2021, media magnate, internet entrepreneur and philanthropist Mark Zuckerberg (b. 1984), CEO and Co-Founder of Facebook, Inc. (founded 2004), announced the birth of Meta – a new parent company for Facebook and its sister platforms Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. Few commentators doubt that the timing of Meta’s launch was intended to distract […]

Time Fracture – COVID, perception and the incomparable Doctor

Posted on 23rd June 202123rd June 2021 by Alexander Garton-Eisenacher

In her review of the new multi-media West End experience Doctor Who: Time Fracture, Kate Wyver sets the scene: ‘A time fracture from a future explosion has caused a rip in the fabric of the universe, throwing time and space off-kilter. We’re wandering through the centuries trying to pick up clues’ (Guardian, 17 June 2021). […]