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Leadership without careerism: is it possible?

Nicholas Gruen
August 30, 2017September 8, 2020
[caption id="attachment_34256" align="alignright" width="505"] Source: Sortition in the History of Democracy, Slide 41.[/caption] Cross-posted from The Mandarin: Our world has been optimised to within an...
Economics and public policy Uncategorized

How will shared autonomous electric vehicles change our cities? A Troppo challenge

David Walker
August 29, 2017March 1, 2022
[caption id="attachment_31194" align="alignleft" width="640"] Artist's incorrect impression, from the film "Minority Report". In the real future, these autonomous cars would be travelling much closer together,...
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Where Game of Thrones misunderstands politics and religion

Paul Frijters
August 29, 2017August 29, 2017
I am a big fan of the GOT books and series, loving Season 7 and salivating at Season 8 to come. Great escapism and fantastic...
Economics and public policy Ethics Films and TV Literature Media Parenting

Patricia Edgar on Children’s TV: Part Two

Nicholas Gruen
August 22, 2017July 30, 2021
Continued from Part One. The ABC and Children’s Programming - The Highs, Lows and Power-plays Part one here and part two here. The promise of...
Economics and public policy Media Public and Private Goods

Patricia Edgar on Children’s TV: Part One

Nicholas Gruen
August 17, 2017July 30, 2021
Many readers will have heard of Patricia Edgar who was a giant force in Australian cultural life from the 1970s. She more than anyone else was responsible...
Politics - national

Barnaby Joyce: Not good at policymaking, either

David Walker
August 15, 2017
[caption id="attachment_31109" align="alignleft" width="708"] Hat tip: Richard Halcomb[/caption] Barnaby Joyce is in the news a bit right now. Coincidentally, I wrote an assessment of his...
Gender Society

An interesting claim about culture and gender

David Walker
August 12, 2017August 18, 2017
"Research has shown that cultures with greater gender equity have larger sex differences when it comes to job preferences, because in these societies, people are...

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