Gruen: detox democracy through representation by random selection
I use Troppo to make various notes for file as it were for reference in future. And on wanting to record something I found that...
The case for greater use of secret ballots in parliament
If we want politicians to actually represent their constituents, we need to free them from the pressure of toeing the party line. A week or...
The case for more secret ballots within our legislatures
This is a piece I did for Crikey I'd forgotten I'd written and hadn't put it up here. So now I have. The article was...
Fast foodification: what is it, what’s driving it, how do we stop it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n43vCEju5Ck In this discussion, Peyton Bowman and I discuss my term ‘fast-foodification’. I coined the word trying to describe modern politics. The techniques used by politicians...
Include and compromise — don’t divide and conquer: Tendrils of Hope from Australia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFtN1nIHXSY I really enjoyed this conversation with my friend Peyton Bowman which celebrates the possibility that Australia might be able to show the world how...
Why AI isn’t coming for us any time soon
As some of you may know, I am now publishing a weekly substack of articles I've found interesting on the net and in some cases...
Critic swallows book
The Sydney Book Review is my kind of book review. It's online and free. Ever since I joined the blogging revolution in 2005 it's seemed...