School camp contemplation
School camp – pushing children and adults alike outside their comfort zones as they go, blindfolded, into the dark.
Author: Jane Shearer
Ecological overshoot
Humans use 1.75x the amount of ecological resources the planet creates in a year. If everyone lived like NZers, we’d need 3 planet Earths. Where to from here?
Creating connections
How much investment should governments make in creative arts relative to R, S & T? I’m arguing creative arts deserve more.
Waka paddling
To make headway, a waka requires everyone paddles in the same direction. How important is meeting in person to ensure we are paddling in concert?
Can we laugh?
Posie Parker is a horror. However, can we learn from the inherent absurdity of her demands?
Can I sell you a bridge?
Can New Zealand afford a new bridge across Auckland harbour? And is such a bridge visionary thinking or an impediment to a sustainable future?
Sharing Stories
Shared stories cement our connections. That’s my thesis in my novel Broken is Beautiful, just launched, and in life.
Scam or Windfall
Been scammed? It feels pretty bad. Which is why I was sceptical when I got a phone call saying, “You have won a prize … “
AI Chatbots – insulting or automatons?
Tui trying to look more intelligent than a chatbot AI is on a rocket-speed trajectory into human awareness as language models are […]
