
Caiden Lang
Caiden is interested in human well-being from a scientific perspective. He believes in humanism and classical liberalism. He holds a master's degree in philosophy from Edinburgh University.
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My favourite tattoo
- By Caiden Lang
- . Apr 30, 2022
Some years ago I found myself on a tattooist’s reclining chair with tiny needles jabbing at the skin on my ribcage. I was studying philosophy

The hypocrisy of social justice
- By Caiden Lang
- . Apr 9, 2022
O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! – Romeo and Juliet, Act I, scene I Most politically aware South Africans will be

School capture: a peek behind the curtain
- By Caiden Lang
- . Mar 26, 2022
“Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.” Mao Tse Tung in “Analysis of

Black lives matter, or do they?
- By Caiden Lang
- . Mar 5, 2022
Lennie held out his hands pleadingly. “Give ‘um to me, George. I’ll take ‘um back. I didn’t mean no harm, George. Honest I didn’t. I
Anti-racism in schools: a new religion
- By Caiden Lang
- . Feb 19, 2022
When I was a teacher, one of my students mentioned that his geography teacher had told his class that the textbook was wrong about the

The colouring-in of tears
- By Caiden Lang
- . Feb 5, 2022
I sat down with a teacher the other day. She told me the story of how she was humiliated in front of her colleagues by

Are private schools being racialised surreptitiously?
- By Caiden Lang
- . Dec 5, 2021
The Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (ISASA) is the largest and oldest association of independent schools in the Southern African region. It has over

Activist Teachers: the new priestly class?
- By Caiden Lang
- . Jul 4, 2021
Many parents will have become aware of a theory of social justice commonly known as Critical Social Justice (CSJ). However, many parents are unaware that

Lobola and abuse: is cultural sensitivity harming SA women?
- By Caiden Lang
- . Jun 26, 2021
‘Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.’ Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, 1948 At

Lived experience: A strange kind of truth
- By Caiden Lang
- . May 29, 2021
‘The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called “spannungsbogen” – which is the self-imposed delay between the desire for a thing and the