These are courses currently or soon-to-be running at U3A Melbourne City. I've also recently given one-off short talks on these and other topics. Contact me if you'd like to have me visit your organisation and rabbit on at you.
Money Doesn't Grow on Billionairesā¦
ā¦And Other True Tales From Modern Monetary Theory.
The Australian Government's capacity to act in response to our era's many pressing problems is much greater than is commonly supposed, as consequently is it's moral obligation to do so. This course explains why this is the case, how this capacity might be exercised, and why we've been getting things so terribly wrong for so long.
Understanding Technology: A Hands-oļ¬ Guide
Most IT courses promise practical skills. Unless you consider annoying friends and family with your strongly-held opinions a practical skill, this is not that kind of course.
Here we will be skipping over the "how" to analyse the "what" and the "why". We'll look at all the ways technology has changed over the last 30 years, and how we can selectively change it back. You will learn to spot the diļ¬erence between technology that works for us, and technology that convinces us to work for billionaires, and gain the conļ¬dence to resist being bamboozled by claims of inevitability.