Monthly Archives: June 2008

Zen and the art of entrepreneurial capitalism

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Ken Parish

Many years ago, Robert M. Pirsig’s hippy cult novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was one of my favourites.  A few weeks ago I discovered he’d written a sequel in 1991 called Lila: An Inquiry into Morals.  I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Political theory | 93 Comments

Strange Attractor

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Jacques Chester

One thing that I like about the new government is that they seem prepared to co-opt experts from anywhere. One thing I dislike is that this seems to include some of my favourite bloggers. I am given to understand that … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Metablogging | 2 Comments

Missing Link missing again

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Ken Parish

While some members of the Missing Link team have subscribed their selections and others have done so partially, others (where are you arts people?) haven’t done so at all. They’re no doubt as flat out as I am with work … Continue reading →

Posted in Missing Link, Uncategorised | 10 Comments

Is Barry Jones obsolete?

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Don Arthur

Barry Jones is a human search engine. Crawling over thousands of pages of words and numbers, he commits the data to memory and indexes it for regurgitation on demand. "When Mozart’s name is mentioned", he says "a detailed entry appears … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorised | 21 Comments

I hate to interrupt, however …

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Jacques Chester

Andrew Landeryou’s enthusiastic blog belongs in a genre all its own: lawsuit-bait. A lot of what he writes is shameless propaganda. Take this latest effort, for example: The conservatives had a stunning result in Gippsland. In recent times, mainly after … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics - national | 5 Comments

Why can’t Linux beat Windows?

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

OK Geeks, I have a question for you.  Tell me where my reasoning is wrong. Linux is in many respects a superior operating system to Windows, and seems to work perfectly well for people who know what they’re doing as … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, IT and Internet | 52 Comments

Joshua Gans and game theory on parenting

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

About a year ago Joshua Gans showed me some draft chapters for a book on parenting at which he’d been working away.  To use an expression from the AFL, Joshua has a high ‘work rate’ and he writes blog posts … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Education, Life | 6 Comments