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    • Home
    • Books
    • Opinion Pieces
      • Generative AI
      • Innovation
      • Future of Work
      • Future of the Humanities
      • Issues of the Day
      • COVID-19 in 2022 and 2023
      • COVID-19 in 2021
      • COVID-19 in 2020
    • Technological Change
    • Enhancement Capitalism!
    • War and Peace
  • Home
  • Books
  • Opinion Pieces
    • Generative AI
    • Innovation
    • Future of Work
    • Future of the Humanities
    • Issues of the Day
    • COVID-19 in 2022 and 2023
    • COVID-19 in 2021
    • COVID-19 in 2020
  • Technological Change
  • Enhancement Capitalism!
  • War and Peace

Issues of the Day

Create a third medical school for the sake of Aotearoa’s future

Could Leonid Brezhnev’s shaking hand save humanity from a Third World War?

An argument in favour of a third medical school in New Zealand. 

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Could Leonid Brezhnev’s shaking hand save humanity from a Third World War?

Could Leonid Brezhnev’s shaking hand save humanity from a Third World War?

What can we learn from the human frailty manifested in Leonid Brezhnev's shaking had as he play acted ending the world?. 

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Why Those Who Could Fix Social Media's Harm to Kids Won't

As Silicon Valley pivots from amplifying consumerism to supplying military tech, how should Australi

A piece published on New Zealand's Stuff on the powerful resistance to measures to protect children. Don't protect, instead monetise them. 

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As Silicon Valley pivots from amplifying consumerism to supplying military tech, how should Australi

As Silicon Valley pivots from amplifying consumerism to supplying military tech, how should Australi

A piece on the new business model of war emerging from Silicon Valley. It we lack the moral courage to prevent World War Three who should fight in it? Not the generation we will need to build back afterwards.

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A thought experiment, 1939: will a Nazi Europe buy our lamb?

An attempt at satire for the New Zealand news site Newsroom. Why the call for tax cuts during this time of crises?

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On the moral obligation to stop shit-stirring

The world has a desperate need for more utilitarianism. But sometimes utilitarian philosophers seem keener on shit-stirring then moral improvement.

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Don't let the Gunman make his own Myth - Sept 1, 2020

Don't let the Gunman make his own Myth - Sept 1, 2020

Don't let the Gunman make his own Myth - Sept 1, 2020

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Why Despair is Beating Hope - Jun 27, 2019

Don't let the Gunman make his own Myth - Sept 1, 2020

Don't let the Gunman make his own Myth - Sept 1, 2020

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Nicholas Agar Says More... - May 26, 2020

Don't let the Gunman make his own Myth - Sept 1, 2020

The Risk of Welcoming Stealth Billionaires - Apr 27, 2020

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The Risk of Welcoming Stealth Billionaires - Apr 27, 2020

How Covid-19 and Climate Change Mirror Each Other - Mar 16, 2020

The Risk of Welcoming Stealth Billionaires - Apr 27, 2020

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How Covid-19 and Climate Change Mirror Each Other - Mar 16, 2020

How Covid-19 and Climate Change Mirror Each Other - Mar 16, 2020

How Covid-19 and Climate Change Mirror Each Other - Mar 16, 2020

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We Must Try Harder to Stop the Drug Cheats - Nov 26, 2015

How Covid-19 and Climate Change Mirror Each Other - Mar 16, 2020

How Covid-19 and Climate Change Mirror Each Other - Mar 16, 2020

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