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Listening to Ingrid Robeyns talking to Sean Illing about ‘limitar(ian)ism’ - nice counterpoint to the ‘me centric’ alternative.

Later

Finished Listening. The Episode was called The case for banning millionaires - a very good case was made.

Listen to it yourself on 🔗 🎙️ VoxMedia

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You Can’t Handle The Truth

’You Can’t Handle The Truth' By .. well, who do you think it is?

Don’t worry - this isn’t what you think it is.

If you are married or single, a writer or …

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The # 7 Laws of Identity by Kim Cameron

I was listening to 🎙️this podcast and of course duly reminded of Kim Cameron’s 7 Laws of Identity, so replaying here for posterity. You can 🔗 read a quick summary …

There’s a LOT of stuff going on in New Zealand at the moment as the new Govt takes control and is starting to / trying to (not sure which) roll back everything the previous Govt was doing. C’est la vie.

In parralel, the topic of efficiency seems to be on everyone’s lips - different learned people in different positions essentially reporting ‘findings’ .. new budgets in cities … and the eternal question of whether we are getting what we pay for.

Just one small example from Wayne Brown in Auckland … a speed bump in a road to slow traffic down costs multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars. I’ll let that sink in.

I am far from qualified to comment much on this (other than that seems a lot to me), but Bernard Hickey definitely is - and if you want to read his excellent Substack around not just speed bumps - but all things political and fiscal in this fine country - look no further than 🔗 here.

Meanwhile - Aotearoa - don’t feel so bad - this 🔗 🎙️ podcast from Freakonomics relects on the US construction industry. Turns out it is the only industry that has not become more efficient over the past seventy years - because that is how it is designed!

Airline take off announcement … delighted that they are ‘on top of the situation’ …

Passengers wearing protective masks on this flight are advised that in the event of an emergency, they should remove them before putting on an oxygen mask.

Said by one of the attendants .. not the pilot … who probably sounds like a pilot … 🔗🎙️did you know they all sound the same?

Good job with the @gruber episode @martinfeld …. noting that it is (I think) 🎙️🔗 the longest one you have published (?) … fitting for the guest 🤪 … seriously though, nice job and good to hear Mr G wax lyrical on his story. Lovely listen.

🔗 Plan for 55,000-acre Silicon Valley utopia unveiled.

It would appear that the designers have explored how new neighborhoods were promoted in the ‘50s and didn’t even bother to update the images.

🎙️ If you prefer to listen - Kevin and Casey with their usual over the top breathless commentary.

🎙️ The new podcast ‘Strike Force 5’ is named after their personal chat group.

I wonder if there is an ‘origins story’ around that name that ties the ‘5 old white guys’ to the comic books of the same name where the heroes are a ‘team of mutated dinosaur heroes’.

🔗 🎙️ Coming to a channel near you

Not Just The Majors …

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But Also The Minors …

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🔗 🎙️ More Musk Manure … interview with Ronan Farrow after his New Yorker piece.