Jane Shearer

Reflections

Should parents be able to demand unvaccinated blood for their baby’s operation? How much do others influence our own opinions?

Will AI enhance or impede human creativity? And should it be trained on the copyright works of humans?

Who fired the missile that killed two Polish nationals this week? Why wouldn’t they own up? And how come no one tracks missiles?

Can money make up for doing the wrong thing? Including climate change? Or are some things too precious to be bought and sold?

Why did we install PV? To save money? Be good planet-savers? Make our own power? Because we’re geeks? A little of everything?

Wearing masks is not normal, then it becomes normal, then it becomes not normal again. What is normal in the time of COVID Scrabble variants?

Lawns are a symbol of luxury. Yes, really. Can we free ourselves from chasing appearance of luxury to reduce consumption and simplify our lives?

In South Korea English is often used to denote luxury to very entertaining effect …

Travel is one of the best ways of increasing international understanding AND personally contributing to climate change … what to do?

New Zealand is a country where you can change the course of an election by asking someone a question …