TheRandomFact.com aims to bring you fascinating and interesting news, some of which may have otherwise escaped your attention, on a broad spectrum of topics. Our main aim is to provide a news portal with series of stories, which when taken together, add up to more than the sum of its parts. We look, in particular, for stories with elements of evolutionary change in this digital information age, and how current trends impact both globally and locally.

We are not anchored to any one ideology but are guided by a belief that the world is increasingly interconnected. As a result there is a mutual dependence at a global level. We believe that there is a place for a media such as ours, with an ability to discern through the maelstrom of 24 hour news to pick out a body of interesting and thought-provoking news, both at the micro level and at the macro level.

The one constant is that of change. The pace of change is getting quicker, as the world is getting smaller. Computers, the internet, and new technology are giving new meaning to the notion of impermanence and change. Entire industries have changed – photography, music, film and publishing. Information that was once the closely guarded preserve of professionals is now widely available to anybody at the click of a button. The mystique and aura around some of the traditional professions is crumbling for valentine’s day gifts for him.

We are of the belief that there are many undercurrents discernible in daily news, and that the “intention” behind the behaviour is key to our understanding of certain news events. Intention is rather like the effect that the flapping of a butterfly wing has in chaos theory. Just as that flap of a butterfly wing can lead to causing a hurricane on the other side of the world, so too can intention lead to wide ranging foreseeable and sometimes unforeseeable consequences.

Nowadays, it is almost impossible to recall what life was like before this information revolution and digital age. But whilst these changes bring incredible benefits, they also bring increased expectations, a new kind of stress and some insidious developments which creep up on us by stealth.

Even the nation state is having to adapt to the changing landscape. Many of these new challenges are very articulately set out in Amnesty International’s 2010 annual report (see our article dated 14th May 2011).

Even if we as individuals all now have smartphones and are plugged into the cyber-highway 24/7, there is at times a need to sit back and stop for a moment to ensure that “information overload” does not overwhelm us too much. As a salutary reminder of this it was, for example, recently the 2,600th anniversary of Buddha’s enlightenment (see our article dated 17th May 2011) which was not widely covered in the mainstream media.

We have a belief that we need to bring a little more awareness to our daily lives, and the decisions we make about our consumption and the use to which we put our technologies in order to create a sustainable and healthy future.

We seek to explore some of the paradoxes, and indeed some of the absurdities, of 21st Century living. We are living in troubled economic times, and yet fortunes are being creatd faster than at any time in human history. We want to preserve the environment, and yet we want to maintain our standards of living. We want to be healthy but we don’t want to be preachy and puritanical. Sometimes a middle path can be found, sometimes not.

We therefore try to pick topics that can challenge entrenched thinking. We believe that in politics there should be principles: that free trade demands responsibility; that with human rights come responsibilities; that technological developments are all well and good, but that science needs a soul.

We also regularly look for an ethical and sometimes spiritual perspective. We believe that there is a moral element in so much of what we see in the world, and yet it is not always easy to discern right from wrong. It is not as simple as “environment is right, business is wrong”, or “solar is good, fossil fuel is bad”. This is simplistic and naïve thinking.

Money does require an accompanying set of morals and should not be the sole relevant factor behind decisions and policies. Sometimes a commitment to integrity and moral behaviour is more pressing, and may ultimately bring longer term financial benefits that may not initially be apparent.

We are certainly moved by a belief that the environmental perspective is profoundly important, and should have been acknowledged by mainstream thinking at least 25 years before it was. But that does not mean that we are uncritical of the environmental viewpoint. In the Ecology section we explore both environmental and spiritual issues.

In the Business section we are always on the lookout for innovation, outside-the-box thinking, and for acts of corporate social responsibility. We are interested in examples of business excellence, but above all of business ethics and integrity. We aim to provide insights into the nature of the global markets and into the nature of what exactly money is.

We also seek to balance these stories out with some interesting developments in sport as well as art and music, as these can be both instructive, uplifting and inspirational.

Facts inform the basis of what we write. But behind this there lurks the question of what exactly are the implications around those facts. What are the emerging trends? Are the facts just random or are they part of an overall trend?

We value rational analysis of facts, and treasure intellectual honesty.

We also aim to bring a little humour into these pages from time to time.

We have a team of 7 regular writers who are all experts in their chosen categories, all of whom broadly share our vision. Each of them has a unique perspective to share. You can find their contact information at the Staff page.

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