Listening to @radionz , impressed with the endless creativity of pollsters’ excuses for their inaccurate poll results.
The Big Shift — Deirdre Kent
This slim volume sets out some pretty radical proposals for fixing New Zealand’s monetary and financial systems. These systems are not working as well as they should, and Kent’s ideas could improve society and help deal with climate change. I … Continue reading
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I understand the need for opposition…
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I understand the need for opposition politics, but parties are all supposed to help run the country. We should rename them “Assistant Parties”, so National is the largest Assistant Party this term. Their job is to help the government, with support & opposition as needed.
A gentle reminder. From ideology….
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A gentle reminder. From ideology. twitter.com/NeinQuarterly/status/13154137631437496…
Does building and expanding motorways…
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Does building and expanding motorways really reduce congestion and emissions? – sciblogs.co.nz/climate-explained/2020/10/07/does-b… twitter.com/sciblogsnz/status/1313625673127268352/…
Rain — Kirsty Gunn
Did you ever read a book or watch a film where you could just tell that something awful was going to happen? You dreaded the turn of every page in anticipation of the imminent horror. And yet you just had … Continue reading
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Hello World — Hannah Fry
“Algorithms” will save the world, or possibly destroy it. This book is a good survey of how computerised algorithms are used and misused, and how they can be harnessed so their power can be used for good rather than evil. Continue reading
Introducing Critical Theory — Stuart Sim
This is a dizzying whirlwind tour of Marxism, feminism, postmodernism, and so many other isms, theorists, philosophers and various thinkers. It can’t do much more than give the briefest summaries of these ideas, but it does help to see how … Continue reading