Wato at Staplehurst
My blogs
| Introduction | An optimist. I'm an engineer by training, a creator-cum-planner-cum-implementer. I like to understand how and why things happen. Religion, for example, how it came into existence, and (for good or bad) why it influences (and restricts) our lives and progress today. I'm a utilitarean (our actions should promote the greatest good for the greatest number) and a disciple of Malthus - had he been alive today, his population theory would have extended well beyond food production, into resources in general - such as living space, water and air. I'm a bit of a bore, really. |
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| Interests | Family and the future, primarily. Apart from that, all those things traditionally listed in CVs and dating agencies - the theatre, art, music, books, food, science, and sport (participating more than watching, until recently). I really enjoy thinking. |
| Favorite Movies | The Godfather, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (the original pre-Americanised version), Those Magnificent Men, The Ipcress File, High Noon. |
| Favorite Music | Louis Armstrong's 'That's my Home', the show 'Evita', Schubert's 'String Quintet', Lester Young's 'Shoeshine Boy', Jimmy Giuffre's 'Train and the River' (Newport '58 version), Bonzo Dog, Sgt Pepper, The Prelude from Wagner's 'Die Walkure'. |
| Favorite Books | Tom Sharpe's 'Vintage Stuff', Milligan's 'Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall', Asimov's 'New Guide to Science', Bertrand Russell's 'A History of Western Philosophy', Harold Nicolson's 'The Age of Reason', Ramachandra Guha's 'India after Gandhi'. |
All of the phone numbers have fallen out of your address book. Whose number do you look for first and why?
Favourite People: William Murdoch, John Ericcson, Alexander Hamilton, Robert E Lee, Seebohm Rowntree, Teddy Roosevelt, John Hammond, Jawaharlal Nehru, David Attenborough.