Advice Ship

Why Doesn't Advice Work?

Dynomight | 11th July 2024

Because we don't follow it. History is full of ignored advice that lead to predictably dire consequences. Perhaps the advice is poorly explained, so that the advisee does not understand it. Or they are not in the right frame of mind to receive it, or don't believe it will work. Maybe nothing would have worked: "The reason your advice is needed is the same reason people can’t follow it" (2,000 words)

Video: A Ship From Guantánamo | Vimeo | Veena Rao | 6m 16s

Moath al-Alwi, who has been detained in Guantánamo Bay without charge since 2002, fills his days by making sculptures of historic ships using whatever unwanted materials are available to him — cardboard, plastic lids, dental floss, and so on. One of his pieces is examined in this film.