I know that I have let the economics and investing element of my blog lapse terribly – I admit that it is an aspect of the ‘Great Reset’ era’s affect on me, along with some personal issues, that have seen me deprioritise thinking and writing about ‘money’ to be less than other more pressing issues,Continue reading “Legendary Investor Jeremy Grantham Calls End Of ‘Super Bubble’ in US Asset Markets”
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Welcome 2022!
Like many of us, I am keen to adios 2021 and welcome in 2022 tonight. While my family had a successful year, especially our boys who we are so very proud of, the challenges we have had to face (around prejudice, bias, equity and inclusion) have tired us greatly, and that is before even consideringContinue reading “Welcome 2022!”
Could Omicron bring the pandemic to an end?
Absolutely nobody can definitively answer this with robust reasoning based on what is known at this point in time, but IT IS a possibility. We should act with caution but also with hope in our hearts. Now some explanation, first an apposite anecdote. My first job after my PhD was researching the viral cause ofContinue reading “Could Omicron bring the pandemic to an end?”
Responsibility and Atonement
When do I as a man stand to account for my actions Me alone? When were my racist thoughts and actions mine to own and not that of my upbringing? My father’s? My uncle’s? For it was me, too, that laughed at Kevin Bloody Wilson when I was a teen With his vile words thatContinue reading “Responsibility and Atonement”
The Great Reset: Inevitable, irreversible, deep-rooted in connection
The Great Reset is the era in human history that we entered (or which accelerated) in the COVID-19 pandemic where connection with ourselves, within society, and to the natural environment, and fairness, equity, inclusion and compassion superseded accumulation of material wealth and ‘winning’ as the primary aspiration within societies leading to more balanced and sustainableContinue reading “The Great Reset: Inevitable, irreversible, deep-rooted in connection”
Vale The Legendary Virologist Jean-Robert (JR) Bonami
Yesterday Zhengli informed me of the death on August 8th of Jean-Robert JR Bonami, her PhD supervisor, and for a brief while my mentor. No longer active in the field and within that community, I will express my condolences here in the hope that those to whom it means something will one day see them.Continue reading “Vale The Legendary Virologist Jean-Robert (JR) Bonami”
Australia’s Children Left Onboard Affair
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”
More On COVID-19 Origins And PM Morrison’s Tactics
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”
On The Origins Of COVID-19: My full and unabashed thoughts
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”
Majority of Australian Women of Colour Don’t Feel Safe At Work
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
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