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    The Current Political Climate – limited opportunities

    February 28, 2019

    One of the most valuable principles to have emerged from the 130-year history of sociology as an academic discipline concerns a causal relationship between ideas and their social contexts of production - or in modern terms, there is a causal relationship between social...

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    The whispering of orchids

    December 17, 2018

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    Tom Jagtenberg

    If orchids could speak what would they say?

    Would they, exuding pheromones, sound like teenagers in heat, or other animals in must? Would they be fashion conscious, like humans, and speak of the latest insect fashions, and their own haute couture - matching this moth, o...

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    Getting the Band Back Together Again – about school reunions

    November 28, 2018

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    Telling one’s own story has become recognised as therapeutic – particularly in the context of ageing and palliative care. Indeed, older people can be extremely interesting and inspirational. This was recognised as early as 1961: ‘Far from living in the past or wanderin...

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    Is our land in good hands?

    September 28, 2018

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    Tom Jagtenberg

    Some survey findings should really make politicians sit back and take note – particularly when they concern farmers’ observations and beliefs. After climate scientists there are few groups whose opinions are more influential about climate change than farmers - because...

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    Why unknown unknowns may save us yet

    September 5, 2018

    Donald Rumsfeld, when he was US Secretary of State for Defence, once famously stated: ‘There are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown u...

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    The Power of New Technology

    July 28, 2018

    When Australia’s Chief Scientist presents his considered view on the future of artificial intelligence in Australia it is worth paying very close attention. In his opinion piece in the weekend SMH, Allen Finkel is very clear about the key issues and, by inference, very...

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    The Demise of Private Self

    July 4, 2018

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    Tom Jagtenberg

    The recent theft and misuse of personal data by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook has stimulated public outrage about loss of ‘privacy’. The outrage may be real, but concerns about privacy need to be examined more closely because privacy is such a fundamental aspect of...

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    Economics in an Anthropocene era

    April 3, 2018

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    Tom Jagtenberg

    The sound of growing economies is deafening. So complete is the fascination of the roar of money to Australian politicians that they are mostly oblivious to the signs of an impending global meltdown. Ignoring the growing intensity of bushfires is one thing, however, ad...

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    The new epoch is Anthropocene

    March 21, 2018

    The declaration of a new age or era is a popular tactic for those keen to make the invisible visible and promote change; this tactic works in all cultures. Naming things is not simply a symbolic act; well-chosen names are deeply somatic in their effects. Hopefully this...

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    Breaking news on climate change

    March 9, 2018

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    What a relief to see ‘Four Corners’ interview a wide range of business people talking about the realities of climate change...

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