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14. Why Grasshoppers Don’t Have A Problem

If you think of the human mental system in terms comparable to the operating system of a computer, then there is a curious incompleteness about it. Of course the housekeeping functions, the bits that...

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The paradox of scholarship: pissing on every lamp post

If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants [Isaac Newton, 1642 - 1727] Newton’s comment encapsulates the ideal of scholarship, though not its constant...

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49. Cultural Operating Systems – Thoughts on Designing Cultures

This (non-academic) article covers a lot of territory, nothing less than the “cultural operating systems” within which we live, how they have changed, and how they might be changed. There is a kind of...

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51. Getting It Done, Or Your Gift For Mine? – An Echo from the Philippines

On a stopover in Manila a while back, I wandered into a bookshop, looking for something that could give me a fix on “the” cultural mindset of the Philippines. This is a country with which I have had...

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55. If A Market Is Not A Market …

Long ago when the world was young I went to a high school to learn about the wonderful power of Markets and The Invisible Hand. A market itself didn’t have to be a shabby patch of ground with fruit...

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59. Super-Culture And The Ghost In The Machine

Preface: This little essay is a bit mischievous, and apparently politically incorrect enough to have sparked outrage in the minds of some sensitive souls from the polite dinner party set. Although it...

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61. Ethical Behaviour is Harder for the Rich

Context: The material here comprises discussion points and some reference links for a diverse group of people in Brisbane, Australia, who fancy themselves as “gentle thinkers”, and who meet from time...

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62. Economic Complexity and the Engine of Psychology

Context: The essay considers economics as a psychological phenomenon with the characteristics of a complex dynamic system. It is an initial and somewhat playful exploration, not a mathematical paper on...

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65. The Precariously Employed – that’s you, today or tomorrow – A Search for...

This is a work in progress. Revision and extension is likely. The topic is immense, but immensely important. Ideas and contributions are welcome.  –  Thor...

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72. Crime without Punishment – the journey from means to ends

Sooner or later everyone – individuals, governments, companies – has to make choices about whether to put aside certain values to achieve a desired end. Michael Pascoe, an Australian financial...

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73. Some Uses and Misuses of Reason

When can the use of reason lead to better lives and societies, and when can it undermine them? Thor May Brisbane, 2014 Thinking point: The Australian Attorney General, George Brandis has just declared...

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77. Fakes, liars, cheats, deceivers, animals in the forest

It’s all around us. From face lifts to luxury cars on hire purchase, from inflated CVs to exaggerated job titles, from company publicity material to the spin that governments put on their failures and...

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The Problem of Work and the Rise of the Precariat

The Problem of Work and the Rise of the Precariat Work, as a life experience, has evolved greatly over historical time. For most ordinary people, their job is not something that they enjoy much....

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