Author: Aaron
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What if There is Nothing After?
What if there really is nothing after? You close your eyes, fall off your perch and then, nothing. No more sense of self, no Valhalla, no pearly gates, or even the eternal torment of hell. What happens to your values if it turns out there is no weighing of hearts against feathers, no ledger of…
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The Queen is Dead, Long Live the Republic
With a change of monarch many Australians are starting to question is it time to change up our way of government. Time for a republic?
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Futurist
Assumptions & Definition After assuming the moniker of “futurist” I realised I didn’t really have a deep understanding of what the term means. I had a vague notion it meant someone who thinks about and envisions the future especially around how technology will affect society at large. The logic could follow just as a capitalist…
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AILS: Capitalism
Assumptions Before I began my quest to learn about one of (if not the) most prevalent economic systems in the world, I had some very specific ideas about what capitalism was. Firstly, I thought that capitalism’s main aim was to redistribute wealth amongst the population. Secondly, I thought it was the only market based economic…
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The Human Project
Waking in an unknown room is always a jarring experience. Waking in an unknown room that has a distinct surgical feel, surrounded by odd artefacts and gadgets from ancient civilisations from all across the world, is even stranger. To push it past strange into the completely insane, there is what can only be described as…
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Perfect Worker Drone
True sentience in artificial intelligence is the pinnacle but semi-autonomous non-sentient machines might be the key to our future.
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Anti Trolling or Pro Litigation
Is old rhetoric or public good driving the latest batch of bills proposed by the Morrison LNP government.
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Homeowner Dream Killer
Owning a home as a first home buyer is getting further and further out of reach, negative gearing and investors might be to blame.
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Scotty Can’t Market
Pork-barrelling has become a new addition to the everyday Australian vernacular. This term, to break it right down, basically means throwing money at a constituency to ensure their votes go one way or the other. The issue is this is exactly not what governments are suppose to do, the budget should be spread relatively evenly…
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Hello world!
In case you made it here without seeing the homepage, during this momentous time the world seems to be going through a crucible of incredible change, this blog is a place to document my ideas and perspectives. Don’t be a stranger! Also you may have come here from my old blog at inkiebeard.blogspot.com all the…
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