April 8th 2026 Front row seat Front row seat We wonder how men make terrible decisions that do untold damage to millions of people. Yet here we are. A front row seat. Endless television series and documentaries were made about the Second World War. How we arrived there. The choices that were made. The Little Atrocities that were stepped over. (https://syntropic.world/little-atrocities-the-path-from-integrity-to-self-deception-and-bad-business/) But history is only relevant if we learn from...

April 7th 2026 Then our true work in the world begins Then our true work in the world begins No one knows what will happen in the next second. It is in the second that life changes forever. We say yes. Or no. A phone call comes. Someone dies. Someone is born. Something precious breaks. Living on the very edge, the place of unknowing, is a practice. Few people are comfortable in this space. The unknown is so very frightening to many. We plan our days with rigour, ensuring nothing goes bump in...

April 6th 2026 On the justification of atrocities On the justification of atrocities At the core of the deepest expression of violence is dehumanisation. The reduction of life to data points, statistics, animals. (Although, as an animal lover, I find this reduction doubly horrific.) The erasure of anything resembling human. The complete disregard for precious life. The desire to starve, break, bomb, rape, oppress, exploit. It speaks to the humans doing the dehumanising as monsters. There is...