By Luke Haines For all our complaining about society’s worrying slide towards fascism, it’s worth pointing out that the modern world still gets some things right in terms of kindness and tolerance. Take eugenics. Many ancient societies would kill children deemed to be physically or mentally unfit. These days, we support people with physical disabilities…

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  By Luke Haines   Quick question: What’s the one thing the world needs more of right now? Some of you may have said “love,” or “tolerance,” still others would say “education” or “clean water.” If your answer was “little, piddling slips of paper” or “casual littering,” then you probably work for Costa Coffee.  Costa…

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