by JAK | Mar 9, 2026 | big ideas, culture
Just recently Rebecca Solnit gave an interview to the NYT where she stated that “changing the world is more like caregiving than like war”. Here is that video clip. From the intro on YouTube. “Solnit has written a new book, “The Beginning Comes After...
by JAK | Mar 8, 2026 | culture, music
Back in 2018 I was shocked when Anthony Bourdain died in mid flight as it were. I started writing this 7 years ago but never pushed publish. Hearing about his death was a shock because he seemed so much larger than life and the TV personality was generally resilient...
by JAK | Nov 27, 2025 | community, development
Back in October 2021 I moved from Auckland to North Otago for family reasons. It was literally the first week that we could travel but I still needed a permission slip (because of Covid controls) to be inspected by police upon the exit from Auckland. For the last 2...
by JAK | Jul 12, 2025 | culture
Doublespeak is alive and well in Aotearoa NZ in 2025 and so are double standards. It is deeply ironic and dishonest to claim that your project is an attempt to setup principles that would result in better design of laws while at the same time trashing the actual...
by JAK | Jun 13, 2025 | big ideas, industry futures
A couple of weeks ago I was over in Queenstown for the Electrify Queenstown conference. Here are some of my notes. “Electrify Queenstown is a three-day event that brings together community, business, government, and industry to accelerate the transition to a...
