Last weekend my wife and were guests with a friend who is a barrister, and on the way to becoming a judge, all being well. We were talking about the mobile devices that we each had. He does not have one. No iPhone, no iPad, no Blackberry – not even a good old fashioned mobile [...]
In Australia we are in the early stages of a federal election. The interesting thing about this election is that it was preceded first by a “palace coup” in which the deputy Prime Minister essentially ousted the existing and elected PM. This took place, it appears, as the result of the party apparatchiks determining that [...]
We live in what most people would call a democracy. But there is a bit of fantasy associated with that description, don't you think? The government through its policy announcements is driving more and more towards a centrally controlled economy. And by the way, that is probably not a bad thing, given the [...]
Unfortunately in our enlightened world, no-one likes to be criticized. This includes big business, Government and the next door neighbour. Thousands of Bloggers choose to write their opinions and interpretations of current events. Even more choose to hide behind pseudonyms, avatars and anonymous commentary. Why? Because we as a world are [...]
Revolutions What are revolutions and why do they happen? There are two kinds of revolution – those that involve technological progress – like the Industrial Revolution and those that involve political upheaval – like the French Revolution. Both are disruptive to the social norms of the day. But it’s the political revolutions [...]
Over the last six months, I have seen more countries agree to put up barriers against free speech, censorship, and political freedom than since the 50's. I refuse to believe that this is not an internationally organised, Government-to-Government co-ordinated action. I am concerned that when the public do realise that their legislators have sold [...]
A few years ago, I accepted a commission to write a sustainable development policy document for the little island nation of Nauru. During my all too brief time there (great climate and all the fresh Blue Fin Tuna you can eat – Free – normally $75.00 per kilo in downtown San Francisco) – I [...]
Today’s article is only for open minded individuals. If you consider that all conspiracy theories are garbage and are not open to the what, why, how and when, then please go and join a monastery and put in a request to come back in the next life as an ostrich. The content industry has [...]
There are strong corporate interests that want to take away our freedom. Masquerading as protecting freedom and democracy is a plan to corporatise the web and ensure that big content owners become the gatekeepers to content. The following is a quote from a blog piece by Steve Lendeman that says it very succinctly – and [...]
Robert Laughlin is a professor at Stanford, and he is also a Nobel Prize winner, so you would have to figure that he is a pretty smart guy. He recently wrote a book called “The Crime Of Reason”. An excerpt appeared in Saturday’s Sydney Morning Herald, and it gets right to the heart of one [...]