by JAK | Aug 30, 2020 | culture
As unprecedented as Covid-19 is we have all been here before. This is not the first time the human population has faced off against a pandemic. The Great Plague of Marseille in 1720 was started because some local merchants wanted shiny new cloth. They broke the...
by JAK | Dec 29, 2012 | big ideas, culture, music
We are in the last week of 2012 which is a great time to reflect on the year that has past and think about doing better for the 2013 year. Why be good when you can be great? Christmas is a time for relaxing with family and catching up on my reading and reflecting on...
by JAK | Oct 12, 2012 | culture, music
This week in New Zealand and 149 other countries around the world it is Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme this year is : Depression: A Global Crisis For very many reasons it is tricky to talk about mental health because many people don’t know what is...
by JAK | Sep 16, 2012 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
Back in July I went down to Dunedin (1100k South) to TEDxDunedin for an evening. One of the speakers was Professor Richie Poulton who is director of the Dunedin Study. “The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study Members are the 1037 babies born...
by JAK | Sep 9, 2012 | big ideas, culture, TED
Last year I was listening to a tech software guy talk about healthcare budgets and how that was shaping up as the perfect storm for the sector. It is an important problem for our society and raises a whole range of ethical and practical questions. The key idea is that...
