Ideas & Culture - Dr Robert N. Winter (Page 5)

CR III Royal Cypher

The design of the CR III cipher was produced by the College of Arms and continues a tradition of heraldry that has bound individual monarchs to the institution of monarchy for over a thousand years.

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 13 Oct 2022

Royal Cypher of King Charles III, which reads 'C III R' for 'Carolus III Rex', which means King Charles III in Latin.

Today's Russia is pursuing the same aims as in 1946: autarchy for Russia and Russian-dominated adjacent areas by a leader, under pressure from nationalistic backers, who has miscalculated the situation.

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 24 Sep 2022

Lenin, Trotsky and Kamenev celebrating the second anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1919

On Fairy-Stories and the Art of Fantasy

'Fantasy (in this sense) is, I think, not a lower but a higher form of Art, indeed the most nearly pure form, and so (when achieved) the most potent.'

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 21 Sep 2022

Opinion

With a Quiet Heart

The Queen was an ever constant in a changeable and unpredictable world. Over seven decades, she was always there for us.

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 19 Sep 2022

Opinion

The Subjective Nature of 'Nothing to Hide'

Whether you have something to hide has far more to do with who is looking than what they can see.

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 30 Jul 2022

The Subjective Nature of 'Nothing to Hide'

Pseudo-Profound Bullshit

In this context, we do well to reject the bullshitters of this world, but we do our understanding a disservice if we are sceptical to a fault.

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 23 May 2022

At A Journey's End

I have a thesis of which I am proud, and a marriage to my beautiful wife Halaina—who has been a constant source of love, joy, and support as I laboured in the archives.

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 22 May 2022

Opinion

They Are Teachable

One of History's lessons is that once a group is deemed unteachable they will be placed in the category of an ever present threat to the preferred social order.

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 28 Feb 2022

Railway tracks passing through the main gate of Auschwitz-Birkenau, with the brick watchtower and camp buildings visible beneath a wide sky, visitors near the entrance.

Response: Sitting with Ambiguity

Sit with ambiguity, but be aware of when a seemingly circular conversation is enhancing a definitional understanding and when it is just a group of individuals unable to comprehend ambiguity hoping that a drawn out conversation will nail down the problem.

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 12 Feb 2022

Moxie and the Server

To determine if the statement is 'true', we don't need to poll everyone — only to understand the category of the statement.

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 17 Jan 2022

Santa Fe Emergent Engineering 2021: Niall Ferguson

Freeman Dyson famously wrote that “A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.”

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 6 Nov 2021

Santa Fe Emergent Engineering 2021: Niall Ferguson

Polywork, A New Professional Network

I have often thought that an individual is far more than their job title or pay scale. Which means that even in a professional networking context, your portfolio of experience should also include your experiences.

By Dr Robert N. Winter

/ 31 Oct 2021

A farmer telling his family, a doctor, a vicar and a lawyer