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My first cartoon attempt – “The Children Left Onboard Affair”… I wanted to include New Zealand with a ‘ring of steel’ around it and a rainbow, and Jacinda Ardern saying “see you in 8 weeks – good luck”… Seems strange, does it not, that in a major global catastrophe we are saying “sorry, children toContinue reading “Australia’s Children Left Onboard Affair”

I realise that for many the workings of a laboratory could seem very foreign and mysterious, ranging from mythical through to threatening depending on your leanings and predispositions to conspiracy theories. Few of us have a background in infectious disease, and it is always – for any of us – easy to take for grantedContinue reading “More On COVID-19 Origins And PM Morrison’s Tactics”

As I often seem to do, I will start this post off with an admission. Most of last year I was hyper alert to how my public comments and my emails to my former colleague and friend, Dr Shi Zhengli, the lead scientist of the laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology which is world-renownedContinue reading “On The Origins Of COVID-19: My full and unabashed thoughts”

Only one-third of women of colour felt their identity was recognised and valued at work. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-26/australian-women-of-colour-unsafe-discrimination-work/100232188 Gained value from these words and ideas? Consider supporting my work at GoFundMe © Copyright Brett Edgerton 2021

Excerpted from “Full Thoughts On Prof. Michael Sandel’s Meritocracy Discourse: Part 2“ Prof. Sandel [in “The Tyranny of Merit: What’s become of the common good”] makes almost no mention of the importance of family, which is an enormous pity as this is an obviously critical issue in social cohesion and feelings of attachment within society.Continue reading “The Great Reset Era Theme: Investing in family and community connection”

Excerpted from “Full Thoughts On Prof. Michael Sandel’s Meritocracy Discourse: Part 2“ In “The Tyranny of Merit: What’s become of the common good” Prof. Michael Sandel, with his experience over four decades as a Harvard University lecturer, provides significant detail on his observation of the growth in competition for positions at universities perceived as beingContinue reading “The Great Reset Era Theme: The education revolution”

Excerpted from “Full Thoughts On Prof. Michael Sandel’s Meritocracy Discourse: Part 2“ Solidarity at the national level is preferable to having polarised societies, indeed, but the true challenges to a sustainable and thriving humanity depend on cohesion of the global community. That reality is increasingly understood in the battle against the climate crisis and itContinue reading “The Great Reset Era Theme: A global village based on ‘Quality Globalisation’”

The full interview is available on Bloomberg from 1:12:30 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-06-22/-bloomberg-surveillance-full-show-06-22-2021-video Gained value from these words and ideas? Consider supporting my work at GoFundMe © Copyright Brett Edgerton 2021

In the first part of this essay I expressed my support for Prof. Sandel’s views with some qualifications on what I believe are the most important factors in the polarised societies many developed nations are now experiencing. Specifically my view is that this polarity is due to the inequality itself more so than distrust ofContinue reading “Full Thoughts On Prof. Michael Sandel’s Meritocracy Discourse: Part 2”

Firstly an admission – I am bogged down in writing part 2 of my response to Sandel’s ‘meritocracy’ discourse because it encompasses three large areas which I had intended to write individual posts on and for which I had developed extensive notes. That highlights how important that response is to me, but it also meansContinue reading “Humanity Needs Good People In Tough Jobs”