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Never been better off…
Possum’s latest post is, rightly, receiving a lot of attention. In the utilitarian economic equivalent of that American soldier in 2003 yelling at Iraqis to thank him for their freedom, he outlines the tremendous position we’re in with reference to [...]
Crowd sourcing radiation detection
Isabelle Stengers, one of the most interesting and provocative defenders of science against both social constructivists and those who believe they’re speaking in the name of Nature, published an interesting op-ed on the ongoing, and increasing problems of trust between [...]
Fukushima radioactive fallout approaching Chernobyl levels?
Core containment structures may have held, but Update: The battle to prevent a meltdown appears to have been lost, according to Former GE boiling-water safety chief Richard Lahey. The damage to fuel storage facilities at Fukushima appear to have caused [...]
Revolting: the Nihilism of Tony Abbott
During this morning’s press conference, Brown, Combet and Gillard drew on a number of justifications for a carbon price: the logic of the market itself (as with multiple references to economic efficiency), fairness, redistribution of income to low income households, [...]
Four Propositions about #QandA
So Q and A is back for a third season on the ABC. Four things were struck me after sitting through most of the (tedious) first episode 1. It’s the Jerry Springer show for people with degrees (and twitter accounts) [...]
Disaster Humour
Little wonder Bob Katter yesterday complained of media terrorizing residents with fear mongering.
Enter duckhand.
The Real Cost of Planned Obsolescence
The infinite substitutability of inputs is one stupid neoclassical economic idea that urgently needs revising – at least, according to ecological economists and their fellow travellers. To that end,the Story of Electronics (embedded below the fold) is an excellent addition [...]
Radical Utility, Anti-Expertise and ‘Collaborative Consumption’
This is a (rather too lengthy) review essay of What’s Mine is Yours by Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers. After seeing Botsman speak at TEDxSydney, I requested a review copy from the publisher.
Naomi Oreskes Merchants of Doubt tour
Naomi Oreskes is touring her book Merchants of Doubt. She’s a rare breed of science communicator who is both trained in natural science and Science and Technology Studies/Sociology of Science. This means she can wipe the floor with any climate change [...]
Quick Link – Possum on HIP and Fire Risk
The Liberals have put much at stake painting the Home Insulation Program as an unmitigated disaster. However Possum has conducted a rigorous analysis of fire rates, controlling for a number of issues. The bottom line is that, “the data strongly [...]
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