The first three pieces in this series argued that AI is more useful than the public conversation usually admits, and less magical than the marketing suggests. Question 1 looked at what AI can help you investigate. Question 2 looked at protecting yourself from the AI-generated noise that surrounds you. Question 3 looked at getting an…
There’s a question almost everyone has asked themselves at some point. In a relationship, with a colleague, at the school gate, on the phone with a parent. “Am I the unreasonable one here?” It’s one of the hardest questions to get a straight answer to. Friends are biased toward you. Family is biased depending on…
This is the second in a series demonstrating how AI can help us investigate the systems shaping our world. The first looked outward, at ecosystems and economics, and who pays when natural systems fail. This one looks at something closer to home, that lands in your inbox every day, and asks why we are still…
This is the first in a series demonstrating how AI can help us investigate the systems shaping our world. Rather than accepting surface explanations, we’ll explore what happens when ordinary curiosity meets powerful analytical tools. Earlier today, I heard something on the news about South Australia’s third major algal bloom in recent years. The official…
The AI conversation has become exhaustingly predictable. On one side, we have the doom merchants warning that artificial intelligence will steal our jobs, manipulate our elections, and possibly end civilisation. On the other, we have the tech evangelists promising AI will cure cancer, solve climate change, and usher in a golden age of prosperity. Both…
Does MFA reduce overall risk, or does it merely shift liability while creating new points of catastrophic failure? Thoughts with real-world examples of Single Points of Failure.
Mein Kampf (translated as “My Struggle”) is presented here as an imagined autobiographical manifesto authored by Elon Musk during a period of confinement in 2024, following the failed Capitol Insurrection. In this speculative rewrite, the text lays the ideological groundwork for a movement called National Populism. The book is divided into two volumes: Volume 1:…
This article explores how different economic and political systems shape everyday welfare for the masses. It contrasts four models: the elite-driven capitalism of the United States; the regulated, social-market economies of Europe (EU + UK); the state-controlled “party capitalism” of China under Xi; and the oligarchic authoritarianism of Russia under Putin. By examining real metrics – population health, income distribution, social mobility, inequality – the piece argues that the fate of the many depends less on ideology (capitalism vs. communism) and more on whether elite wealth is checked or allowed to concentrate. The conclusion: when elites are constrained by regulation, redistribution, and public welfare, ordinary people fare far better — Europe offers the most balanced outcomes, China has improved millions’ lives despite political repression, while the U.S. and Russia illustrate how elite capture impoverishes large segments despite national affluence.
Acceptance vs Discrimination: Why Kindness Matters More Than Agreement “One doesn’t have to agree with an idea to be kind to people, to accept there are people who are different, and as a person you say more about yourself by choosing to be kind or not.” Introduction In a political landscape growing ever more polarised,…
So a couple of weeks ago i was cleaning up my office and came across a mysterious blue document envelope, and upon investigation of the contents realised that it contained my “long lost recipes” … well not so long lost, just 6 years. In the move from Malta back home to Australia some how the…
This article deals with the second of two very emotional subjects and states which whilst are separate conditions/issues are extremely closely related, and in my unqualified non professional opinion, one can lead to the other and can be exploited by abusive people intentionally or unintentionally. The first article covers Trauma Bonding. The Victim Complex At…
This article deals with the first of two very emotional subjects and states which whilst are separate conditions/issues are extremely closely related, and in my unqualified non professional opinion, one can lead to the other and visa-versa. The second article covers Victim Mentality, Saviour and Martyr Complexes. Trauma Bonding Is Your Tightest Friendship Nothing More…