I read the papers and watch TV and everything happens in a few minutes of reporting. Everything is so simple. Why can’t we just implement these obvious solutions?
This blog tries to get beyond headlines and media grabs. Most of the problems we face today are highly complex. There is a thing called the “Dunning Kruger Effect” which says that the less people know about a subject, the more adamant they are in stating their position. Those who are experts usually see a completely different and complex solution.
This blog is an attempt to state a view and start a discussion.
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Recent Posts
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Terrorists or “Intolerants”
The people we label “terrorist” presumably bring terror to our lives. Terror is defined as “extreme fear”. So do we suffer extreme fear when we think about terrorists? I recently spent some time in Paris. For a week I travelled every day to Saint-Denis where the terrorist attacks took place a few months back. Soldiers…
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The NRA lobby
“So you’re a lobbyist for the NRA?” “Sure am, but don’t get us mixed up with the National Rifle Association. People get us confused.” “So which NRA are you?” We are the ‘Nother Reality Association.” “Can you explain what you do?” “We help people see things in another way. A sort of ‘nother reality. For…
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A sensible tax discussion
To increase the GST. To broaden the GST so that it applies to food, education and health. Is Scott Morrison on a different path to Malcolm Turnbull? How can we have a sensible discussion on tax when one tax sucks all the oxygen out of the debate? The debate is flawed, but the GST is…
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