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cybernetics

what holds a society together?

Can the relationships supporting ordinary life continue to reproduce themselves under increasingly rapid change?

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cybernetics

the differential structure of Australia’s housing crisis

Australia’s housing crisis is not a collection of separate failures. It is what happens when finance, construction, wages, planning, and social policy move at different speeds while remaining inseparably connected.

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politics

the trouble with monoculture

Culture survives because it changes. A culture that cannot change is not being preserved. It is being embalmed.

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cybernetics

finger-painting australia into an ideological corner: populism

Just my perspective.
Your mileage may vary.

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politics

australia, please…

Populists tell you they’re going to smash the system for your benefit. Funny how it still always seems to end with the rich getting richer, the government getting worse, and everyone else paying for the repairs.