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cybernetics

corruption

Corruption begins when reward outpaces responsibility, reflecting the tendency of complex communication systems to abbreviate consequence and concentrate advantage.

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Philosophy

independence day

Freedom is easy to celebrate in theory and much harder to preserve in practice.

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Philosophy

stasis, stasi, status, state

A country does not collapse when it disagrees; it collapses when disagreement becomes the structure that holds it together.

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Philosophy

aussie media fail

Theirs is a role play of analysis, simply and unwittingly giftwrapping populist-adjacent themes for broad public consumption; little on insight, big on performative role play.

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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

adaptation: fixing aussie politics

There is no final closure. No permanent certainty. No government that fixes everything forever. There are only systems that adapt well and systems that adapt badly.

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politics

better politics

The task is not to create perfect agreement, but to maintain enough shared coherence that a society can continue solving problems without tearing itself apart.

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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.

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politics

political speed-dating down under: the golden bulldozer

Australia’s political speed-dating with One Nation suggests that what has happened in the USA is not an exception, it is a franchised political method.

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politics

one notion politics

Populism turns complex national problems into kindergarten theatre, then sells the applause as policy.

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politics

political theatre

One Nation raised millions for political theatre while a Queensland hospice had to beg for palliative care funding. This is clearly ridiculous but is also hardly an isolated incident of misplaced priorities and dodgy reasoning in sociopolitical systems.

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cybernetics

populist capture: one nation 

A society overwhelmed by complexity eventually stops seeking explanations and starts seeking certainty; that is when political movements such as One Nation cease to be anomalies and become warnings.