AI is quickly becoming a matter of national technological sovereignty
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Juror who ‘did own research’ in High Court trial cops $250 fine
A juror in a High Court trial in Hamilton who was discharged for undertaking his own research has been fined $250. The juror was summoned to appear …
The philosophy of anarchism, explained
When you think of anarchism, what comes to mind? Maybe you have some vague image of a punk rocker with the Circle-A symbol scratched into her jeans. Or some comic-book supervillain out to destroy the world that spurned him. Those are fun caricatures, but anarchism is actually a rich tradition of …
US has ‘concerns’ about Hungary’s ‘sovereignty’ law
The U.S. State Department released a statement expressing concern about Hungary’s adoption of a “Sovereign Defense Authority” law that contains …
Does democracy lead to better health?
In his book Development as Freedom Amartya Sen says that in functioning multiparty democracies “rulers have the incentive to listen to what people …
Indigenous data sovereignty—A new take on an old theme
A new kind of data revolution is unfolding around the world, one that is unlikely to be on the radar of tech giants and the power brokers of Silicon …
Politics versus democracy
New Zealand has never known real democracy, its the same for almost every nation.
Because New Zealand is a “representative democracy” we’ve almost never voted on issues of substance, just on people to to represent us to solve those issues. And as we know, they can’t represent us and they don’t.
Fundamental political governance problem
We think that a key fundamental problem with parliament and almost every politically empowered organisation lies in separating decision making from influence. Both concepts are necessary but it’s essential the processes are separated. Influence is everything up for discussion: it involves literally all of the ideas, the revelation of concepts and revelation of information. It…
Just be yourself!
By nature, politics is set to divide people. Whether you like it or not, gradually our mindsets start to think by the categories we are forced into. People become blue, red, left or right and it pigeonholes them into thinking certain ways and controlling their responses to situations. We lose the ability to think critically…