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The iron law of evil

Evil begets evil. All human experience, all our religious teachings, our myths and legends and the deepest voices of our conscience tell us so. It's an iron law and it will never change. Please remember this when the brainwashers point their propaganda hoses at your head. People with many different motivations and agendas have long used moments of intense public pain to promote their points of view and achieve their goals. When you hear them now, in voices of reason or outrage, expounding their long-prepared talking points, please stop and think before you let yourself be…

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Who gets to control the misinformation?

We are being told that Australia needs a law to minimise harmful effects of misinformation and disinformation. Maybe you think that sounds like a good idea. Trouble is, a lot of bad things happen because they seemed like a good idea at the time, and I have a feeling this proposed law could turn out to be one of them. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is the body that has proposed the law and that will administer it, if it is passed by the Government. It will be charged with monitoring and minimising certain…

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My bleak predictions for the years ahead

At the beginning of each year I used to make it a custom to write a list of tongue-in-cheek predictions about things that might happen in the 12 months to come. I tried to make the lists pertinent, but also somewhat funny. I tried to include some big-picture, global predictions but also a lot of  “in jokes” for people in my home country and city. Faced with the blank wall of 2023 I feel like I’ve lost my mojo. I can’t look at the trends that have swollen through the past few years and pretend I…

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