An online survey about climate change by the Australian Broadcasting Commission illustrates the worthlessness of typical online polls. Discerning what the public really thinks is not an easy business. What we need is processes which combine the best of online polling and deliberative democracy. YourView is exploring this space.
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Changing our minds about polls
Posted in Climate Change, Deliberative Polling, Democracy, Opinion, Paul Monk, YourView on April 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Errors and Extravagances
Posted in Democracy, Paul Monk on June 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My friend and colleague Paul Monk last night delivered a speech to the Australian Institute of International Affairs, “Keeping the Insulation from Coming Undone: American Debt, Wall Street and Looming Realities.” An excerpt: A United States in sound economic order and sound political order would always have been able to absorb any conceivable blow that [...]
Paul Monk in The Zone
Posted in Paul Monk on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My Austhink colleague and long-time friend Paul Monk was featured today in the Melbourne Age’s journalism innovation The Zone. The site includes a 15 minute video, some of his poetry, and most importantly, his Credo, a humanist alternative to the Christian Creed. The portrait is at once very personal and philosophical.
Challenges of our Time
Posted in Paul Monk on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My colleague Paul Monk has posted Challenges of Our Time, the text of an oration he delivered recently, on the Austhink Consulting website. It is a profound and sobering reflection on the numerous great problems currently facing “us”, i.e., humanity, and the intellectual challenge of dealing with them. And, btw, it is a good manifestation [...]
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