Inflation vs Employment
What goes up must come down – this applies to (ex) Mayors, inflation and employment alike. NZ has to reduce employment to ‘cool’ the ‘overheated economy’. How did we get here?
Tag: 2024
Studying Disasters
One third of the Canadian town of Jasper burned to the ground this week. New Zealand is still not properly waking up to the risk of wildfires, despite increasing numbers here. And, for so many problems, we want to research more than we want to take action. Why?
Stake in the Future
JD Vance, who’s standing for VP of the USA, thinks the country is ruled by miserable childless cat ladies with no stake in the future? Maybe he’s right…Taylor Swift has 3 cats and no children.
Error of Judgment
When you publically make a huge error of judgment, what should happen? Losing your platform, as happened recently to Kyle Gass when performing with Jack Black, is probably appropriate. So, what should happen to Trump?
Stand and Stare
When you see an escalating incident, you have to step in, don’t you? Read on to find out about my exciting evening event in a car park.
Letter to Myself
Rishi Sunak’s supposedly sent constituents an email from their future selves to persuade them to vote for him. What missive might I send this version of myself?
Singing to a bear
What do you sing to a bear five metres in front of you? And, if you had to choose, would you rather it was a bear or a man five metres away from you in a Canadian conifer forest?
Everything is Connected
We are related to everything on the planet, inaminate and animate, through our shared ancestry. Whether you believe this from a spiritual or earth science viewpoint, it seems self evident, doesn’t it?
Improper Thoughts
When can we use stereotypes as a useful heuristic to interact with other people? And when are stereotypes abhorrent? Some of the time? All the time? And would you put a pink flamingo in your garden?
Dots, Crickets and Kissy Faces
What do dots, crickets and kissy faces have in common? They are all slang, slang having become as much written as spoken in the digital age. Read on to find out what they mean.