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17 September 2022Uncategorized

Goodbye traffic lights

The traffic light system was ignominiously dismissed at the beginning of this week, ending on September 12the. It’s apparently done its time […]

10 September 2022Uncategorized

Inappropriate Incentives

We all want to do the right thing, right? For example, pretty much all my life I can remember, I have preferred […]

3 September 2022Uncategorized

Excess Profits

What is an excess profit? Too much, of course. But how much is too much? Times are getting tougher in New Zealand, […]

27 August 2022Uncategorized

Excessive Complexity

I hypothesise that the rise of AI will be driven by humans having created systems upon which we are dependent, and that […]

20 August 2022Uncategorized

Bloody Masks

When I was in Europe I was thrilled to find lots of people not wearing masks and have the relief of not […]

13 August 2022Uncategorized

Media disservice

Anyone else out there disturbed by the media treatment of Sam Uffindell? This week’s news in New Zealand has been dominated by […]

6 August 2022Uncategorized

Limits to Growth

…have we hit them? Fifty years ago the report ‘Limits to Growth’ was produced discussing the possibility of exponential economic and population […]

30 July 2022Uncategorized

COVID-19 Origins & Motivations

When in Rome, do as the Romans do…modified for Gibbston. One must make the most of the snow and when the weather […]

18 July 2022Uncategorized

Dear Mike Hosking…

For the offshore reader, Mike Hosking is a voluble and high profile radio talk show host who is very vocal in his […]

14 July 2022Uncategorized

Returning to the not-so-smug hermit kingdom

We have been out of New Zealand for two months, hard to believe it is that long, and it is time to […]

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