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QWAN - Quality Without A Name
The many and varied thoughts of Martyn Foster
Welcome to QWAN - Quality Without A Name. This is the blog of writer Martyn Foster who embodies the spirit of QWAN through producing high quality pieces of writing without being a household name.
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Martyn Foster
Feb 3, 20234 min read
Popularity and Truth
The everlasting pursuit of truth, objectivity and certainty in a world of falsehoods, subjectivity and uncertainty.
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Martyn Foster
Dec 9, 20223 min read
Therapeutic Gaming
Come with me if you want to live…or escape or suppress an existential crisis.
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Martyn Foster
Dec 2, 20223 min read
Perfectionism and Idealism
The struggling journey on never being able to do something justice.
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Martyn Foster
Nov 25, 20225 min read
Question time is in session
Back by popular demand, where you can get to know me, and more importantly yourself, a bit better.
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Martyn Foster
Nov 18, 20224 min read
Spirit of the law vs letter of the law
Applied with VARying results.
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Martyn Foster
Nov 11, 20224 min read
It’s question time!
And you can play along at home too!
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Martyn Foster
Nov 4, 20223 min read
Remember, remember the 5th of November…
You can kill people, but not ideas.
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Martyn Foster
Oct 28, 20224 min read
Addressing the anxious elephant in the room
Because the longer anxiety is ignored the bigger it gets.
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Martyn Foster
Oct 21, 20224 min read
Fantasy and Reality – Part II
“I wish I was like you, easily amused.”
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Martyn Foster
Oct 14, 20224 min read
Fantasy and Reality
Where one stops and the other begins is becoming harder to tell.
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Martyn Foster
Sep 23, 20223 min read
Does immoral action make an object itself immoral?
How much power does consumer sentiment really have in defining business ethics?
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Martyn Foster
Sep 16, 20224 min read
Meaning and Work
Seeking fulfilment with it, from it and everything in between.
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Martyn Foster
Aug 19, 20224 min read
Ethical dilemmas in our economic trading partners
An exercise in moral idealism vs practical reality, and in some cases, necessity.
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Martyn Foster
Aug 12, 20224 min read
Outright purchase vs subscription based access
Will ownership become a thing of the past?
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Martyn Foster
Aug 5, 20224 min read
One does not simply “adult”
It’s probably easier to walk into Mordor!
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Martyn Foster
Jul 29, 20223 min read
A problem of distribution or production?
Have we reached a point where we have enough?
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Martyn Foster
Jul 22, 20224 min read
The gift and curse of intelligence
With superior processing power and cognitive ability comes great responsibility and isolation.
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Martyn Foster
Jul 15, 20224 min read
Overwhelmed and Exhausted
Why we aren’t designed to care about so many things.
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Martyn Foster
Jul 8, 20222 min read
Up is down
Well that’s just maddeningly unhelpful. Why are these things never clear?
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