by JAK | Nov 17, 2015 | culture, general business, industry futures
Recent research on 301 cities worldwide reveals that the major risk to future civilisation is in fact us. Market crash and human pandemic are the top two risks worldwide. The header image shows an “artists view” of a volcano in Auckland Harbour. (volcano...
by JAK | Nov 12, 2015 | big ideas, culture
I heard parts of this story on radio and wondered how it has not shown up as a major news story. Sadly I think U.S citizens have such low expectations of their government they expect such dire consequences or have super high expectations and don’t believe...
by JAK | Nov 10, 2015 | culture, development
The story below reads like some kind of awesomely bad joke. The government of a small country spends up large to bully a free lance journalist when all he has done is to tell an inconvenient truth. All of the $643k plus whatever they paid in other (non-disclosed)...
by JAK | Oct 29, 2015 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Yesterday was the launch of the latest TIN100 results. The TIN100 is the top 100 of NZ’s high tech sectors. It includes a couple of larger companies such as F&P Appliances and Datacom alongside a wider number of software and IT services companies. New...
by JAK | Oct 13, 2015 | culture
I have just read Popski’s Private Army (PPA) about an extraordinary character who fought behind enemy lines in WW2. Popski – whose real name was Vladimir Peniakoff came across the NZ units in Egypt and a number of them were in his unit. Popski didn’t...
