August 2021 – Jane Shearer

The Stockdale Paradox

I love it when someone tells me about a paradigm that I haven’t previously heard of. New paradigms are always good for […]

I have been writing material for the annual report of one of New Zealand’s science institutions. There have been some particularly interesting […]

Today reminded me of a post I wrote last year entitled “Are we nearly there yet?“.; it turns out I wrote it […]

Our government’s reluctance to set a vaccine target doesn’t sit well with me. The current mantra is to set targets for everything, […]

My dilemma of today doesn’t have much to do with the announcement we were all waiting for at 3pm – cake or […]

Lockdown ennui is starting to set in and I thought about reading tea leaves to get a steer on what Cabinet might […]

There are some key descriptors that tell you the potential of a virus, like COVID-19, to spread. I thought I would have […]

This morning, Chris and I provided feedback to the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) on their Freedom Camping Bylaw. This is the […]

I feel it will be hard to top yesterday’s picture (and no, I don’t plan to be taking all my clothes off […]

From the nightmare category… I await the results of yesterday’s test with intense interest. My medi-bracelet pinged an alarm as I woke […]