Category Archives: Isegoria

Needing The Eggs: 70 Years Of Going Through The Motions

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Nicholas Gruen

I’ve recently completed an essay and like quite a few of my essays, it’s not been ‘optimised’ for publication in a magazine, so I may not try to publish it. But in case any folks here think it’s of interest, … Continue reading →

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The Great Covid Panic: now out!

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Paul Frijters

It’s here, the booklet I am sure you have all been waiting for. The one which Gigi Foster and Michael Baker slaved over for 10 months. It is also on Kindle. It is dedicated to all the victims of the … Continue reading →

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We are seven

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Nicholas Gruen

Following a recent online conversation with Timothy Wilcox, I read Wordsworth’s extraordinary poem “We are seven” which I reproduce below. As you’ll see, it chimes with my own preoccupation with communication and mutual benefit across the chasm of difference. My … Continue reading →

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The iron law of business-as-usual: What is it and can we escape it?

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Nicholas Gruen

Here’s a presentation to the annual Communities in Control conference run by the amazing outfit Our Community established in the 1990s by Denis Moriarty who had previously been a Deputy Secretary in the Victorian bureaucracy. It is as it were, … Continue reading →

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Thinking: Keep It ADAPTIVE Stupid

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Nicholas Gruen

Here’s the transcript of my talk to Nudgestock which was held a few weeks ago. I was hoping to do it in London where it’s normally held, but in the world of COVID it migrated online and acquired for itself … Continue reading →

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The Evaluator General

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Nicholas Gruen

I recently sent a couple of emails explaining the Evaluator General and also did an extended interview explaining the ideas in the context of Matt Jones’ Public Policy class at Melbourne Uni. The first email below is the one I … Continue reading →

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Vale Dr Homer Rieth

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Nicholas Gruen

Dr Homer Rieth, the subject of a marvellous profile by Earshot on Radio National has died. It’s an amazing story of a true philosopher, at least as suggested by the etymology of the word as a lover of wisdom. He … Continue reading →

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