Last week we had another decent turnout of Tuesday Club members attending the Zoom lesson taken by David Bennett and Rosemary Neave. After a little hiccup at the start where we had a bit of a Monty Python session where we all had to hang up and start again. When David said something like “this … [Read more...]
Sam Hunt
I love Sam Hunt. He’s always viewed society from the edge. Here is a wonderful interview with him in Newsroom. I particularly liked this poem. It summarises our lives: When the house iswarm, when there’s peace,the old spiritswhile you’re sleeping, return. In the morningyou notice a … [Read more...]
The planning needed for our economy post Covid-19:
As a society we need to think Regionally about how we kick start our economy. Our region is firstly Canterbury; and then the South Island. We will easily be forgotten by big demanding Auckland insisting that it must be front of the line. All politicians will rush to appease Auckland and surrounding … [Read more...]
Continuing the review of Banks:
The Aussie banks, which trade in New Zealand, were found guilty of all sorts of dishonest activities in Australia at the Royal Commission set up to study them. With any small businesses, if the Directors had faced such serious charges they would be in court, and quite possibly imprisoned. No … [Read more...]
Steven Moe’s latest interview: this time with Shamubeel Eaqub:
I really like Shamubeel. He talks about economics in a way anybody can understand. http://seeds.libsyn.com/shamubeel-eaqub-on-the-impact-of-covid-19-and-what-foundations-we-should-build-on-for-the-future Shamubeel is one of New Zealand's leading economists so this interview provides a … [Read more...]
The Challenge of the Digital Divide
Comments from the Guardian: The pandemic is a powerful reminder of the impact of the digital divide. It is building the case for treating internet access as a public utility: an essential service that needs to be properly regulated and buttressed by the state. In the UK, the government and … [Read more...]
Addressing the virus, an article by Bill Gates:
This was an interesting article in the Washington Post written by Bill Gates, who has had considerable experience with pandemics through the Gates Foundation. If you look at his list of three actions to take NZ has really got two correct and the third is beyond a small country like NZ. Or is it? … [Read more...]
We even made it onto the front page of the Washington Post this week:
We beat ourselves up for all sorts of things but the leadership in this country, both political and bureaucratic, has been world class. This week it was recognised written about and printed on the front page of the Washington Post. Here’s the article: … [Read more...]
A nice reflection on Christchurch:
I have been taking photos of our new normal. Empty streets and lines outside the supermarket. People saying hello as we maintain our distance. I really liked this David Williams article about our City - Photo Essay on the Lockdown Rush … [Read more...]
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