Eighteen questions to think with
By Sonny Saggar
Begin with an ordinary object, a familiar disagreement or a rule you have stopped noticing. Each page offers an example, a question and a small exercise.
These are companions to working titles. Three manuscripts are in development; the other projects are planned. These pages do not announce completed books or publication dates.
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In development
Where Does a Thing End?
Where do you end and the world begin? Skin, breath, tools and relationships challenge the boundaries we take for granted.
In development
The Shape of What's Missing
An empty glass, a missing piece, an absent person. How can what is not there shape everything that is?
In development
Pieces of Paper
Passports, deeds, certificates and money. How do words on a document acquire the power to change a life?
Planned
What Holds It Together?
Bodies, relationships and societies depend on more than their parts. What keeps a whole together, and when is separation wiser?
Planned
The Egregore
Can a group create something that begins to govern its members? A curious journey through beliefs, rituals, institutions and collective life.
Planned
When Does One Thing Become Another?
When does a collection become a whole, or a habit become an identity? An exploration of thresholds and transformations.
Planned
A Person Is a Verb
What if a person is something happening? Bodies, memories and relationships invite a fresh look at who we are.
Planned
Who Is Doing the Thinking?
Notice a thought. Who is noticing? An exploration of attention, inherited ideas, the observing self and agency.
Planned
The World Between Things
What do we miss when we study things one at a time? Explore the relationships that make bodies, families and worlds possible.
Planned
The Useful Wrong Answer
When is an imperfect answer useful enough? Models, uncertainty and the art of making decisions without knowing everything.
Planned
Can Anything Be Finished?
A book ends. A building opens. The work continues. What does it mean to call something finished?
Planned
The Same River, a Different Man
A river keeps its name while its water changes. Reflections on continuity, loss and rebuilding a life.
Planned
Why Must It Be This Way?
Some limits belong to nature. Others were invented. How can we tell the difference, and what becomes possible when we ask?
Planned
May I Ask a Stupid Question?
What happens if we do not do that? A celebration of children's questions and the adult courage needed to answer them honestly.
Planned
How Much Is Enough?
Enough money, success, certainty or time. How do we choose a stopping point in a world that keeps offering more?
Planned
Who Gave That Value?
Why does one thing seem priceless and another worthless? Scarcity, status, belonging and endless digital copies complicate the answer.
Planned
Who Put the Computer in Charge?
Rules are followed and absurdity results. Who can question an automatic decision, correct a mistake or take responsibility?
Planned
If Everyone Understood Everyone
If translation became perfect, would we finally understand each other? Words, humour, context and disagreement suggest a more interesting answer.