Views
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars…as true as it was unbelievable. Who should apologise?
Tag: outdoor activities
Take me back to the mountains
We avoided COVID and discussions about it in the mountains with friends. The boundary between civilisation and desperation is thin – mountains make it more bearable.
Valuable rags & rusty nails
How do you have a congruent life, where what you want to do and what you think you ought to do are the same thing? And when might you wish someone would give you a rusty nail?
Different perspectives
One day it looks like the end of COVID lockdowns is in sight, the next day we hear about Omicron. I need to think about things other than COVID to get some perspective, such as the view from a mountain.
Wastewater woes
ESR is using wastewater to find COVID outbreaks. And wastewater management is about to be reformed by the current government, who seem to be reforming everything without clear community mandate.
Did it again
Doing more of what I love – in this case tramping. I had a tech break to escape COVID news and immerse myself in mountain vistas and water.
Sting in the tail
How will New Zealand manage the Delta COVID strain? We’ve now failed in our elimination efforts as Delta has proved way more infectious. Where do we go from here to avoid a massive health toll?
Did It
How do you get yourself to do something that feels hard or scary? By tricking yourself…it’s so worth it.
Wrong strategy already?!
Already the government is rethinking our COVID strategy as the result of Delta – the strategy came out in August and now it’s September, that didn’t last long. Surely it’s not that hard to assess risk?
Which is my bestest interest?
Economic models typically assume humans act in their own best interests. Except they don’t…so the field of behavioural economics developed. How do we figure out which are our best interests we should act on?