The Culture of the New Capitalism
The Culture of the New Capitalism It is often hard to explain – to oneself and to others – why you are drawn to [...]
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10, 2024
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
It was nearly fifty years ago that Robert M Pirsig’s book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance appeared. I bought my copy a [...]
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10, 2024
All Souls
All Souls Some might expect that a blog headed All Souls will be concerned with All Souls College at the University of Oxford. While that [...]
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08, 2024
Paradigm Change
Paradigm Change I was beginning my second year at university when I first read Thomas Kuhn’s book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. I was [...]
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07, 2024
Boom and Bust
Boom and Bust I might have mentioned that I love Alice in Wonderland. In fact I might have mentioned this several times. If you [...]
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07, 2024
Throwing Light on the Matter
Throwing Light On the Matter My father was a physics teacher, and I suspect that it was in one of his collection of books [...]
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06, 2024
Cities and Suburbs
Cities, Suburbs and Local Shopping Centres I live in Canberra, and in some respects I can claim to live in an ideal neighbourhood. My [...]
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06, 2024
A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects Have you ever received a book, thanked the person, and only much later realised what a [...]
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06, 2024
Self-Employment
Self-Employment Several years ago, the Australian Institute of Management would hold regular one-day briefings on the economy and future trends. Many of us enjoyed [...]
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04, 2024
What’s Going On?
What’s Going on? Browsing in the library is a dangerous pastime. I exercise this foolish endeavour in the Dickson Public Library in Canberra. Like [...]
