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Destroying credibility for good
In Australia many states and cities have issued a limited number of taxi licenses. Without such a license you cannot legally transport people for money in cars. Due to their artificially manufactured...
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Telstra, you are hopeless. I hope never to have anything more to do with you.
Sorry to broadcast something personal here, I don’t plan to make a habit of it. My experience with Telstra (Australia’s national telecommunications giant): In order to escape Telstra’s network I first...
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Why politics is inefficient compared to institutional and technological...
Michael Anissimov over at Accelerating Future has written a great post discussing how politics is often a near zero-sum competition between political groups with different and arbitrary moral values....
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How feasible is a ‘charter city of refugees’ in Australia?
In the second half of the 20th century, Singapore used the right institutions to go through economic development faster than any city in history before it - despite being home to varied racial and...
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Is politics a productive activity for the truly compassionate? Usually not.
Would we collectively be better off with a lot less of this? Related to: Why politics is inefficient compared to institutional and technological innovation. Arepo over at Felicifia does a cost-benefit...
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ALP faction members rationally defect in preselection battle
Last weekend there were upsets in pre-selection battles over the two lower house seats of the Australian Capital Territory. The three largest local factions in the ALP did a preference deal with one...
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