Archive - Shane O'Mara

looking into nostalgia’s mirror: bittersweet, fond-ish, social reflection

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there"

Apr 28 •

Institutions as Robust and Resilient, Dynamic, Human, Time-Travelling, Cognitive Communities

Institutions are everywhere: look around. Institutions are human. They are not agentic. They are NOT coming to save you. But they might save you.

Apr 21 •

18:12

Decoding desire: brain science investigates the cosmetics industry

How brain imaging is redefining lipstick evaluation ('neurocosmetology') 💄

Apr 14 •

Catch up service

cognitive enhancement; miscellany; tariffs; strongman politics; decoding desire; thinking institutions

Apr 12 •

Exercise is a Universal Cognitive Enhancer: Bridging Gaps in Lifespan Brain Health

A landmark umbrella review—with critical implications for ADHD, ageing, and some (global) brain health strategies.

Apr 9 •

miscellany, kind of

# 1: Movies; TV; Liam Neeson; Politics; Julia; More Orwell; Tariffs; Other countries; Food; Podcast

Apr 7 •

Tariffs as 'costly punishment'

Why? Because you foreigners are sooo unfair to me, because reasons

Apr 3 •

Part II: Resisting the Allure of Strongman Politics – Rewiring Our Primal Needs for Democratic Renewal

And some reader polls

Apr 3 •

March 2025

Part I: Rethinking Leadership – Beyond the Myth of the Strong Leader

Archie Brown’s (2014) The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age

Mar 27 •

short livestream

A recording from Shane O'Mara's live video

Mar 22 •

16:28

Interesting reads, March 2025 edition

catch up service; strongman politics; leaderless unity and henry kissinger; some excellent reading: Trump, psychopaths, LLMs, Europe's trump card, no…

Mar 19 •

How institutions think

They don't, in fact, think at all. Institutions are cognitive communities, comprised of people who think 🤔

Mar 6 •

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