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Category Archives: Politics
Nate – Ukraine
Nate – NATO/Ukraine: Playing Russian Roulette with Complex Life | Frankly #33 [ 15/June/23 ] In a sense I agree with you Nate, and it is deeply more complex than you have alluded to, and those complexities really matter. To … Continue reading
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Tagged complexity, freedom, Politics, Responsibility, understanding
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Wicked problems
[ 31/May/23 Mike wrote:An amazing presentation in this morning’s plenary about space exploration, bringing us up-to-date on the latest tools of exploration and their findings, including some of the Webb space telescope’s awe-inspiring discoveries.Heady stuff, but in some aspects also … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Ideas, Nature, Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
Tagged complexity, Economics, future, Philosophy, risk mitigation, technology, understanding
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Innovation and social progress
What are your thoughts on the nature of “innovation” in the context of societal progress and challenges? [ 15/May/23 ] Innovation is at the heart of both evolution and freedom; it is the essence of what it means to be … Continue reading
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Added some of my political history
Put in a new page: My Political History
Nate & Kim – Climate, Fiction, and The Future”
Kim Stanley Robinson: “Climate, Fiction, and The Future” | The Great Simplification #66 [ 19/April/23 ] Burning Carbon isn’t fundamental to the economy – energy is.Carbon based chemical energy sources are very “convenient”, on a variety of metrics. Agree with … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, economics, Ideas, Our Future, Politics, Technology, understanding
Tagged complexity, Economics, Politics, risk mitigation, technology, uncertainty, understanding
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Governance
Asked myself this morning “What is the purpose of governance?” [ 30/January/23 ] I’ve had a lifelong engagement with politics. I hate the practice of it in many contexts, yet I see the need for change, and that need grows … Continue reading
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Williams – economics – mistakes
[ 20/January/23 Mike McDermott referenced Stephen Williams – https://johnmenadue.com/economics-the-top-10-mistakes/%5D Williams identifies some value mistakes, but entirely misses the worst one: a failure to comprehend evolutionary strategy, and the strategic contexts that actually allow for the emergence and stabilisation of new … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, future, risk mitigation, understanding
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Answers to Mayoral questions
Please see answers to your questions below: Arohanui Ted
Nihilism and design
Daniels S posted a link to a new consilience project post. Technology is Not Values Neutral: Ending the Reign of Nihilistic Design [ 29/June/22 ] Kind of – but to me it is a very biased view. Yes -certainly, in … Continue reading
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On Politics
Added a new Page above:https://tedhowardnz.wordpress.com/political-action/on-politics/