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HOT AIR: AN ALLEGORICAL TALE Once upon a time, people dreamed of being able to fly. This dream lead to two kinds of flying machine being built. One type of ‘flying machine’ was the ornithopter. I put the term flying … Continue reading →

Labour’s shadow chancellor, John McDonald, once claimed that workers’ rights are now in the kind of precarious situation that has not been seen since the 1930s. Specifically, the shadow chancellor highlighted the gig economy and zero-hours contracts. He likened them … Continue reading →

IN PRAISE OF LAZINESS (PART TWO) Welcome to the second part of my essay on the virtues of being lazy. I think that, when you look at the contrast between work we evolved to do and how work is often … Continue reading →

IN PRAISE OF LAZINESS What is the greatest human trait? Judging by the way it gets praised so often, one might assume that to be a ‘hard worker’ would be an obvious candidate. By general agreement, it is those who … Continue reading →

TULIPMANIA! If you are interested in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, chances are that you have heard some skeptic make a comparison with ‘tulips’. Why would blockchain-based assets be compared with that particular flower? Well, it is all to do with … Continue reading →

PHILANTHROPY: PRAISEWORTHY OR PROPAGANDA? CHAPTER ONE How will Bill Gates be remembered? If this question had been asked in the 90s, I suspect most people would say the answer is obvious. He would be remembered as the co-founder of Microsoft, … Continue reading →

REWARDING WORK IN ‘RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2’ In this essay I thought I would write about the ways in which Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 incorporates the elements work needs in order to be rewarding into its gameplay. First, though, … Continue reading →

ON SLAVERY (PART ONE) The past, it has been said, is a foreign country where things are done differently. At times, when looking back at the past, one feels a sense of relief to live now and not then. Who, … Continue reading →

WHY IS THERE ‘MAKE-WORK’? Do you always have work to do at your place of employment, or is your work of a kind where sometimes you are busy, while at other times there’s not much to do? If you are … Continue reading →

In 1944 the Austrian economist, Friedrich August Von Hayek, published ‘The Road To Serfdom’. The book set out to argue that the free market is the only viable way of bringing about freedom and prosperity. Actually, the book does not … Continue reading →