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Category Archives: Human Wellbeing
Who’s afraid of ‘radical’ politics?
As the 2017 election approaches the question has been asked of ‘the left’ in New Zealand – Is it time to ‘go radical‘? It’s a question especially relevant to the Labour Party given recent polling. But it’s almost exactly the … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Free Market, Human Wellbeing, Labour, New Zealand Politics, Political Psychology
Tagged capitalism, Elections, Freedom, National, New Zealand Identity, Voting
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Into the dark: Clinton vs Trump – A Black and White decision?
We live in ‘interesting times’ – as the mythical ‘Chinese curse’ understatedly put it. It’s almost unbearably ‘interesting. From environmental catastrophe gathering its inevitable head of steam to global ructions in the political world and outright wars in the geopolitical world there’s more … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Economics, Free Market, Human Wellbeing, Poverty
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Ten years of stress in New Zealand: Update
Update: Looking at this visualisation from p. 2 of the latest Canterbury Wellbeing Index, it seems that it is accepted that ‘High Stress’ has indeed gone up in New Zealand – and more so in Canterbury – between 2008-2010 and … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquakes, Human Wellbeing, New Zealand Politics
Tagged Christchurch, cities, disaster, mental health, stress, wellbeing
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Ten years of stress in New Zealand
The 5th anniversary of Canterbury’s devastating earthquake on 22nd February, 2011 is looming. A recent after-shock of 5.7 magnitude quake has provided added stress to an already stressed population. There have been recent reports of increased suicides and suicide-related calls, depression and anxiety in … Continue reading
Posted in Earthquakes, Human Wellbeing, New Zealand Politics
Tagged Christchurch, cities, disaster, mental health, stress, urbanisation, wellbeing
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Why Syrian refugees?
There’s two aspects to the Syrian refugee crisis that are worth thinking about a bit more deeply. That’s because both of them represent something of a departure from past behaviour. The first is the question which a few commentators, such … Continue reading
Posted in Human Nature, Human Wellbeing, International Politics, Media, New Zealand Politics
Tagged human nature, John Key, Media, National, political psychology, refugees, Syria
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The politics of the empty tomb – Part I
An advantage of a few days holiday is that it allows time to let the mind reflect and run free from the routine daily tasks it has to perform in work-a-day life. Given the last few days holiday (‘Holy-day’) were about … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Human Nature, Human Wellbeing, New Zealand Politics, Philosophy
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Adam Smith on the appeal of the iPhone
“How many people ruin themselves by laying out money on trinkets of frivolous utility? What pleases these lovers of toys is not so much the utility, as the aptness of the machines which are fitted to promote it.” (Part IV, … Continue reading
Adam Smith and the Left and Right of Moral Sentiment – A Christmas Tale
[I’m on holiday in a place with very limited and irregular cellphone coverage and access to the internet. That means I haven’t included links in this post but, when I’ve quoted from Adam Smith’s work, I’ve referenced the ‘Part’ and … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Free Market, Human Nature, Human Wellbeing, National Identity, New Zealand Politics, Philosophy
Tagged Adam Smith, capitalism, human nature, ideology
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National Standards and Neanderthals – “They will know what is required …” – Part III
In Part I of this post I outlined the historical context of our modern education system and argued that National Standards were a continuation of the controlling and directive imperatives of that system. In Part II I described the nature … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Education, Freedom, Human Nature, Human Wellbeing, New Zealand Politics
Tagged education, Freedom, human nature, National Standards, wellbeing
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National Standards and Neanderthals – “They will know what is required …” – Part II
[Apologies, but this post is now in three parts, not just two – this is Part II. Part III should be up by the time you read this.] Who’s afraid of National Standards? In Part I of this post, I argued … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Economics, Education, Freedom, Human Nature, Human Wellbeing, New Zealand Politics
Tagged education, Freedom, human nature, welfare
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