“When scarcities are abolished really interesting things happen in history.” (Nigel Shadbolt) At the recent 2013 Web Science conference one of the most worthwhile sessions was that on “How the Web will revolutionise society”. In particular, it was Nigel Shadbolt’s commentary about the inter-relationship between technology and society, and the implications for society when the […]
This week the Climate Commission released a report written by the CSIRO and Australian Bureau of Meteorology entitled “The science behind southeast Australia’s wet, cool summer“. The report concluded that: The Earth’s surface is warming rapidly and the climate is changing. The quintessential Australian cycle of intense droughts and flooding rains will continue into the […]
We are facing a time of “zero growth” we are told! The Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan fronted the TV audience from New York and announced that growth in the major western markets was stalling. Aha! I thought! Could it be that the world financial crisis might lead to even a modest return to the ‘basics’, […]
Last year I participated in a World Café workshop held at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) on Innovation. As an initial exercise we worked to define exactly what the term meant and almost everyone had a different perspective resulting in different metaphors and viewpoints. One thing that struck me throughout the session, and has […]
