A set of free university-level courses in Physics and Philosophy provided by trained teachers, open to the public and hosted in community centres around Auckland.
I remember sitting in a lecture hall once about 12 years ago listening to a political science lecturer say of the widespread democratic movements that had been shaking up the Middle East for
Economies and entire civilisations have been built around whatever gives people more stuff to do. But as is becoming increasingly clear, just doing stuff, isn’t enough.
An abridged and semi-serious history and exploration of the meta-social, from cave paintings to 'content'. What it means for Democracy. What it's doing. And what to do about it.
There’s no need for revolution, civil war, an approaching asteroid or an alien invasion to get us to sort ourselves out and change course. A shock to the system can take many forms. And violence is amongst the least effective routes.