I had the privilege of attending some amazing schools when I was growing up. Schools that had produced important political leaders, national sports captains, titans of industry. And yet, I now look back on my upper middle class education and I feel robbed. I’m not here to bash our education system. Other, more qualified people…
On seeing the world
“This looking and not seeing things was a great sin, I thought, and one that was easy to fall into. It was always the beginning of something bad and I thought that we did not deserve to live in the world if we did not see it.” Ernest Hemingway Hemingway calls it ‘seeing’. I like…
Social media is designed to be addictive.
A number of people who’ve watched Social Dilemma on Netflix seem surprised at the revelation that social media is designed to keep them on the platform for as long as possible. This surprised me. So, either watch the movie, or keep reading. The only reason I’m writing this post is because most people don’t seem…
Is innovation dying?
We are living through the most innovative period known to human kind. Innovation in mobile phones have changed our lives, the Internet has become humanity’s repository of knowledge (and stupidity), we are making advances in artificial intelligence that help with everything from differentiating between muffins and dogs to diagnosing cancer. 3D printing will see us…
Doing great things is hard.
There’s a saying in writing, ‘writers write.’ It seems trite but it is the truest thing you can say about being a writer – and its a fact most aspiring writers ignore. Most people who want to be writers talk about writing, but spend their evenings watching TV. I know – I’ve been there. Each…
4% and being in Flow State.
In this video Jeb Corliss is grinding the crack. I’ve watched this video at least 50 times. I find the idea of flying that fast and that close to the ground exhilarating. The risk that wingsuit pilots take amazes me. I always wonder how people end up with where they are in life, doing what…
Pay Attention
We pay attention. We don’t give, loan, grant, gift or donate attention. We pay. Attention as a topic isn’t discussed often. Instead it is folded into the critical issues we believe are severely impacting how we live today. And we tend to miss its importance. We ironically don’t pay attention to attention. ‘Pay attention. It’s…
If a news headline has ‘could’, ‘might’ or ‘may’ in it, I don’t read the article.
I call it speculative journalism because I’m kind. It’s more accurate to call it click-bait or fillers. There are so many news headlines and articles that speculate about what might happen (but is unlikely to, at least in the short term), that I’m starting to wonder if there’s an arm of journalism that’s sole purpose…
The problem with universities in Australia
Universities across Australia are laying off thousands of staff and regional campuses are being shut down thanks to significant falls in revenue. With COVID-19 and Australia closing its borders international student enrollment numbers have plummeted. Furthermore, the competition to enroll domestic students next year is going to be intense and it’s likely that the smaller,…
Smart people aren’t doing important work.
I work in marketing, and like any career out there, there are days when I love my work and on other days I want to give it all up, start a vlog and become the next Casey Neistat. The best part about my job is that I get to work with some really smart people….