The #MeToo moment: another disaster for the Democrats?
The #MeToo flood of stories of women who feel abused by men – ranging from lurid stares to straightforward rape – seems like a disaster...
Detoxing democracy – detoxing Brexit
As readers of my Twitter feed will know, I'm heading to London to give some seminars. One on the use and abuse of wellbeing to target policy at...
Iranian Film Festival
Festival Website | Films | Schedule Top Picks Subdued (Opening Night) Mina, recently divorced from her husband, struggles to maintain an independent life with no...
Public organisations and political advocacy
Various people like Margaret Court are stroppy that private companies like Qantas are supporting same sex marriage. I'm not too sure I can see a...
George Lakoff’s hate speech argument vs Karl Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance and other arguments
There seem to be more and more claims that "hate speech" should not be entitled to the normal privileges of free speech. To my surprise, one...
Vale: the car industry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A7Ef4SIQUo I wrote the following comment on Gene Tunny's blogpost on a piece documenting the last car rolling off an Australian mass production line. (We still make...
What have wellbeing frameworks ever done for us: Part One
Cross posted at The Mandarin. "Principles are good and worth the effort only when they develop into deeds" -- Vincent Van Gogh I’ve previously critiqued the process by which...