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Why “final offer arbitration” is Russian Roulette for Google

David Walker
February 20, 2021July 24, 2022
The legislated "bargaining" process between Google and News Corp is unmoored from reality. Its "final offer arbitration" is unsuited to the task. [caption id="attachment_34634" align="alignleft"...
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How others are organising the Covistance: ideas for those who want to help.

Paul Frijters
November 2, 2020November 2, 2020
How are we going to escape the authoritarian nightmare and regain our liberties and zest for life? This long read is written for organisers of...
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Constant distractions are leading to major declines in top-level reasoning. What to do?

Paul Frijters
September 14, 2020September 16, 2020
Till 20 year ago, IQ scores in the West increased about 3 points per decade ever since the 1920s, a phenomenon known as the “Flynn...
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A review of “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”, the prequel to “The Hunger Games”.

Paul Frijters
August 13, 2020August 13, 2020
[spoiler alert!] As a fan of the “Hunger Games”, a dystopian trilogy where teenagers are thrown into gladiatorial games to fight till the last survivor...
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How can the Covid-policies be countered with the help of Big Money?

Paul Frijters
August 7, 2020August 10, 2020
Suppose you agree with me that containment and elimination strategies pursued regarding Covid-19 do far more harm than good. Suppose you also believe that having...
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Defending independence in the age of deep spin

Nicholas Gruen
February 9, 2020February 10, 2020
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1225553117929988097?s=20 If you know anything about the latest State of the Union Address, you know that after Donald Trump had handed Nancy Pelosi his speech...
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How Good are Refugees? This year’s MUST ATTEND dinner with Santo Cilauro. 12th Sept, Melb.

Nicholas Gruen
August 17, 2019August 27, 2019
If these kinds of things existed in my country, I wouldn’t need to be running for President to fix everything up. Elizabeth Warren The only...

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