This is an independent page set up to showcase the events Wigan has on offer. We are totally self-funded and self-supporting, and are not affiliated with anyone. We aim to show a variety, from gigs, to family events and more – and in the last few years we’ve promoted 1000s of events on this site and gained a big local following! Please note: these events are not managed by us, we just promote them :) And so we’re not responsible for any changes or cancellations etc
By abetting the ad industry, universities are leading us into temptation, when they should be enlightening us
To what extent do we decide? We tell ourselves we choose our own life course, but is this ever true? If you or I had lived 500 years ago, our worldview, and the decisions we made as a result, would have been utterly different. Our minds are shaped by our social environment, in particular the belief systems projected by those in power: monarchs, aristocrats and theologians then; corporations, billionaires and the media today.
Humans, the supremely social mammals, are ethical and intellectual sponges. We unconsciously absorb, for good or ill, the influences that surround us. Indeed, the very notion that we might form our own minds is a received idea that would have been quite alien to most people five centuries ago. This is not to suggest we have no capacity for independent thought. But to exercise it, we must – consciously and with great effort – swim against the social current that sweeps us along, mostly without our knowledge.
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