“Simplify your life. Don’t waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don’t burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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by Dr Paul Goldsmith This article first appeared on Comment Central It is based on our recently published paper: The Quadruple Helix: Tackling the Issues…
Since the banking crash ten years ago, it should have been clear to the most bone-headed of policymakers that there was something wrong with our…
“The lesson for a futurist: history is made of unintended consequences. Whenever you think about a solution to something, deeply examine the possibility that it…
“Every political party promises to revitalize those areas of the country that have been left behind by de-industrialisation and the rapidly changing nature of our…
Does middle-class still make sense? Metropolitan anonymous sprawl hides all sorts of marginalised people. Odd to say, but as proven by political voting behaviour, it…
“Everywhere it seems to be the case that the absence of government does not lead to bewilderment and confusion and disorder, as might be imagined…
The romantic mossy stones of Ruskin’s Venice and Charles Aznavour’s city transform to sadness when love vanishes. The contemporary Venice of old groceries stores and…
Nationalism, those of us in the centre ground of politics are told, is a very bad thing: inability to work together across borders, tribalism, “othering”…
Top-down public services in the UK are planned and delivered according to techno-bureaucratic systems and processes which followed the thinking in the Beveridge Report of…
This interview appeared in Het Financieele Dagblad. Download original article (in Dutch) using the buttons on this page. English translation is below. OUR CURRENT SYSTEM…
We have often addressed in this blog the question of bottom-up versus top down initiatives. The latest has been Barry Cooper’s excellent piece about getting…