Thinking Out Aloud

Postings on books (mainly non-fiction), a few films and matters of interest by Lorenzo from Oz (aka Downunder)

Monday, September 19, 2016

Why hasn't the politics of immigration in Australia gone feral?

As one contemplates the rise in anti-immigration parties in Europe, and the fraught politics of immigration in the US, it is very striking ...

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Are we heading towards peak globalisation? The ages of trade, globalisation and IT

This is based on a comment I made here . The history of (long distance) trade can be divided into 4 eras, one of which is regional and tr...

Friday, August 26, 2016

The Hugo awards and the decay of Western civilisation

The Hugos , for those unaware, are (speculative fiction/science fiction/fantasy) SF awards voted on by people at Worldcon . Along with the...

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Defending openness with cognitive closure

The Economist recently had a piece claiming that the left-right divide had been overtaken by the open-closed divide . It had this to say...

Friday, July 29, 2016

Barry Goldwater is not responsible for The Donald

Blaming The Donald on Sen. Barry Goldwater is essentially the claim of this Vox piece . Barry Goldwater (1909-1998) was the liberta...

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