Opinion

Part of a Series on the Philosophy of Radical Change In our first two essays, we examined the collapse of the old political machine powered by managed difference and introduced “positive indifference” as a powerful stance for business, politics, and ethical life in the ruins of the old order. In this essay, we explore the…

By William Watkin and Matthew Hancocks, 2025. All rights reserved. We chose the term indifference deliberately. We know it carries negative baggage. That’s exactly the point. Indifference disrupts. It breaks things. It offends the cult of differentiation, the endless grind of branding and uniqueness. And nothing enrages the Differentiator more than indifference. Trump thrives on…

 Part of a Series on the Philosophy of Radical Change “What do we all think, today? What do I think when I’m not monitoring myself? Or rather, what is our (my) natural belief? ‘Natural’, of course, in keeping with the rule of an inculcated nature. A belief is all the more natural to the extent…

Part of a Series on the Philosophy of Radical Change “Although the concerns that motivated Understanding Computers and Cognition are, as I have indicated, still live matters, my focus today is on an area in which understanding the constitutive power of language and its servant information technology confuses and thwarts us in our lives and…

Part of a Series on the Philosophy of Radical Change “Since the being of the situation is its inconsistency, a truth of this being will present itself as indifferent [quelconque] multiplicity, anonymous part, consistency reduced to presentation as such, without predicate.” Alain Badiou, Manifesto for Philosophy. In leadership today, “listening” is praised as a strategic…

Part of a Series on the Philosophy of Radical Change Hamm: What’s happening  Clov: Something is taking its course.  —Samuel Beckett, Endgame. “Real change imposes an effective discontinuity on the world where it takes place.” —Alain Badiou, Logics of Worlds. The False Comfort of Modification What passes for change today is, in truth, a tranquil…

The Difference Machine Is Dead. Long Live Indifference. by Matthew Hancocks and William Watkin Part Two: Positive Indifference and the Future Beyond the Wreckage. Part of a Series on the Philosophy of Radical Change In our previous essay, we examined the collapse of the old political machine, a system powered by managed difference and ritualised…

Part of a Series on the Philosophy of Radical Change This is the first of our essays introducing professionals, executives, consultants, strategists, and change agents, to the most urgent and actionable ideas emerging from contemporary philosophy. We begin with the concept of “difference” and its breakdown. In this first essay, we diagnose the collapse of…

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