Fund the User, Not the Provider
The great author/philosopher Eric Hoffer once said, “Every great cause begins as a movement, then becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
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John Barnett: The Entrepreneur, Visionary and Patriot
On one level, Barnett – the son of British Jews who migrated before the second world war and settled in Auckland – can be seen as the classic show business entrepreneur. But perhaps more important than that, he was also a patriot who believed in telling New Zealand stories to New Zealanders.
Do I Really Need to Know My Lawyer’s Pronouns?
If you really must put something after your name then make it useful.
Finally, a Crack at the Grocery Duopoly: Willis’s Plan to Bring Down Prices
Bottom line: Kiwis deserve a fair go at the supermarket. If this plan lives up to the hype and actually slashes prices, it’ll be a win for everyone except the current duopoly.
Now Middle England Is Becoming Poor
If Gen X are losing the habit of spending significant money on things, and Gen Z is not adopting the habit at all, how will the economy grow?
Our Children Are Being Targeted
Commodifying childhood: NZ children see marketing for unhealthy products 76 times a day.
A Big Retailer Goes Into Receivership
A family member of a long-term Christchurch worker told Chris Lynch Media staff had no warning when they arrived at work. “Everyone up and down the country, every location is going through the same.”
Journalists Need to Come Clean About Payments
As we found out with media ‘celebrity’ doctors during the Covid era, contractual requirements are rarely, if ever, fulfilled by the contractors when addressing the public via the media.
DOGE Posted the Receipts. Now They’re Being Hunted.
Washington’s response reveals who ran the swamp.
Maybe We’re Thinking About This All Wrong?
Taxes are a form of social control. They are a proxy measurement for how much of each year you are working as a slave. A slave is a slave in the mind first.
Is Modern Medicine a Sham?
Some may say it’s luck. Others may say it’s divine intervention. Still others will say it’s so obvious, the writing is on the wall. And so I ask, do you think that modern-day medicine is a sham?
The UN Plastics Treaty Collapses
Plastics have been a crucial factor in enabling people at every economic level to afford high-quality manufactured goods. They are essential to societal abundance. The ideal solution is to keep plastic in our economies, but to do a great job at managing recycling and waste.
The Biggest Building Consent Reform in Decades
Chris Penk says the building sector has the potential to be an economic powerhouse, yet productivity has stalled since 1985 despite major advances in building methods and technology.
New Designer DNA by the Wellcome Trust
We don’t need to experiment on, or alter our genomes: we need to stop inducing epigenetic changes that are making us all ‘dis-eased’.