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Lessons from a Start-Up Nation: What Can Australia Learn from Israel’s Success?
Disclaimer: This was written during the summer holidays, before COVID-19 became a global pandemic. In many ways, it is more relevant than ever, particularly as we turn our attention to finding our way out of the current economic crisis and reimagine our national economy for the next generation. ...
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Book review: Draft No.4 Writing tips from a Master
When John McPhee shares advice about writing, people listen. A Pulitzer Prize winner (1999) and staff writer at The New Yorker for five decades, he...
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Holiday reading: Our Kindle recommendations
Almost as good as Oprah's book club or the Prime Minister's summer reading list, we're once again bringing you recommendations for holiday reading...
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Christmas holiday reading: Our recommendations
It's that time of the year again. Christmas is just around the corner, and most people are finishing up school/uni/TAFE/work and getting ready for...
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Lessons from a Start-Up Nation: What Can Australia Learn from Israel’s Success?
What lessons can Australia learn from Israel's start-up friendly economy? Jack Goodman explores the book and its theories in more detail.
Book review: Draft No.4 Writing tips from a Master
McPhee’s much anticipated Draft No.4, On the Writing Process, is both deeply nostalgic and quirkily entertaining. For budding writers it offers an eclectic collection of anecdotes,…
Holiday reading: Our Kindle recommendations
Enjoy the festive season with a good book - or ten! Reading ebooks is an easy and environmentally friendly way to absorb tonnes of knowledge, keep your brain entertained, and impro…
Christmas holiday reading: Our recommendations
What better time than to lose yourself in a novel! Reading will not only keep your brain stimulated over the break, but it will help with creative thinking, improve your vocabulary…
Is ignorance power? The constant confusion of Homo Deus
We're all cyborg-gods who don't know how to adapt to change, says Yuval Noah Harari in his sequel to Sapiens, Homo Deus. Let's look deeper into this, shall we?
Breeding brainpower through connection
A quick look at The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley, in relation to the connectivity of what we do.
Stand Aside, Robots: The Future Is Human
Some musings on Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Awesome Books To Read Over The School Holidays
These holidays why not try reading something new? We’ve put together our list of favourite books from when we were growing up, for your holiday inspiration.
Thank you Sir Terry Pratchett
Today is a sad day, as it marks the passing of Sir Terry Pratchett. To call him an author is to barely scratch the surface. He wrote over 70 books, more than 40 of them in the famo…