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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…

7 min readSep 30, 2018

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Calendar Craziness Messes With Business and Brains

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Simon Cole

May 9 — A Day of Unrecognized Significance

First Opening of Federal Parliament

2 min read3 days ago

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May 9 — A Day of Unrecognized Significance

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Simon Cole

Why a Referendum on Plebiscites and Proportional Representation?

In Australia we have one of the best governance systems in the world, thanks to our heritage. However, I believe the past two decades of…

2 min readApr 8, 2024

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Why a Referendum on Plebiscites and Proportional Representation?

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Simon Cole

What’s wrong with the United Nations?

March 2024, Simon Cole

4 min readMar 13, 2024

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What’s wrong with the United Nations?

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Simon Cole

Coming full circle (almost) with the Aussie flag

Youthful over-confidence?

6 min readJan 31, 2024

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Coming full circle (almost) with the Aussie flag

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Simon Cole

The New Gay Shame Game

Australia has changed a lot since my teens in the 1970s. I grew up thinking I was the only one (who wasn’t obvious). That’s how suppressed…

4 min readJan 22, 2024

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The New Gay Shame Game

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Simon Cole

RFK Jnr — the light on the hill?

There’s a long road ahead and anything could happen, but his candidacy and his approach comes with what seems to be perfect timing.

6 min readNov 1, 2023

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Simon Cole

How do we heal and move forward without ‘the Voice’?

The aftermath.

5 min readOct 27, 2023

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How do we heal and move forward without ‘the Voice’?

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Simon Cole

The Voice Referendum

In a democracy, everyone should have an equal say, supposedly.

5 min readAug 7, 2023

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The Voice Referendum

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Simon Cole

How developers manipulate racism to cancel opposition to their growthist agenda…

In “Developer agenda slurs democratic resistance to subdivision,” Sheila Newman pens a stinging rebuttal to Awais Piracha and George…

2 min readJul 19, 2023

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How developers manipulate racism to cancel opposition to their growthist agenda…

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Simon Cole

Simon Cole

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

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