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Calendar Craziness Messes With Business and Brains

The Gregorian Calendar is SO inefficient that many businesses use the 4–4–5 calendar for accurate reporting. People find it SO awkward they…

Sep 30, 2018

Calendar Craziness Messes With Business and Brains

Sep 30, 2018

Simon Cole

The True Cost of Pet Ownership: A Reflection

Pets can give a great deal of joy to their owners, and solace to the lonely. But are we doing the right thing by them? Despite how much we…

Nov 12

The True Cost of Pet Ownership: A Reflection

Nov 12

Simon Cole

Exploring Themes in ‘The Lucky Country’ by Donald Horne

We all know Australia is ‘The Lucky Country’. At least that’s what we like to think. But the book that coined the term — Donald Horne’s…

Nov 7

Exploring Themes in ‘The Lucky Country’ by Donald Horne

Nov 7

Simon Cole

Coopers Plains — A Short History

One of Brisbane’s earliest outposts

Oct 15

Coopers Plains — A Short History

Oct 15

Simon Cole

Australian Constitutional Monarchy

The future?

Oct 9

Australian Constitutional Monarchy

Oct 9

Simon Cole

Solutions to the New Gay Shame Game

Previously, I described how liberal Western democracies have developed a recognition and respect for homosexuals over the last 50 years…

Jul 31

Solutions to the New Gay Shame Game

Jul 31

Simon Cole

Book Review: Slow Down by Kohei Saito

“How Degrowth Communism Can Save The Earth”

Jun 26

Book Review: Slow Down by Kohei Saito

Jun 26

Simon Cole

The Bicentenary Few Seem To Care About

The Queensland state government is ignoring its 200th birthday. Jubilees like this were high-profile in the recent past.

Jun 19

The Bicentenary Few Seem To Care About

Jun 19

Simon Cole

Why ‘Indigenous’, not ‘Aborigine’?

Back in 1987 I overheard my Aboriginal classmates talking in the school corridor. They were pondering the word “Aborigine”. One seemed to…

Jun 12

Why ‘Indigenous’, not ‘Aborigine’?

Jun 12

Simon Cole

Have I joined the Greenwash Brigade?

I thought buying an all-electric car would introduce me to the brave new world of green electrification. I left my petrol carbon-emitting…

May 29

Have I joined the Greenwash Brigade?

May 29

Simon Cole

Simon Cole

Australian behavioural scientist, community/sustainability advocate, commentator and English language educator. Promoting the steady state.

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