Wealth, Taxes and a Basic Income
Exploring new mechanisms for taxation in an economy that provides a basic income – do you still need a minimum wage? Read More
Health, Happiness and a Basic Income
What does happiness have to do with offering a basic income? People are happier when they have security and autonomy, something a universal basic income could provide…
Hidden Signals
Communication comes in many forms, not all of them verbal and many of them under-valued… If eBay has taught us anything, it is that what one person considers waste can be another person’s prized possession.
Politics needs A|B testing
Career politicians need an updated course in communications skills. The old style no longer works, as any simple A|B test could tell them…
Intelligent versus Aware
The drive for artificial intelligence needs to consider the purpose for having intelligence. Being clever for clever’s sake has limited practical applications.
A self-organising mesh
Digital technology enables new ways of forming networks to organise and communicate on a local and global scale
Knowledge challenges authority
When information becomes readily available to anyone interested and willing to study the details, the ‘professional – citizen’ relationship changes
