What is Preparing our children for an unknown world / Sky News? How does an education system so rooted in past needs and based on remembering and working with known, verifiable and repeatable outcomes cope with a tomorrow world where 60% of the tasks today's school leavers will do in the workforce and the industries [...]
Robots are all around us / ABC Nightlife
What is Robots are all around us / ABC Nightlife? How realistic is a world where #robots, #drones, #androids and #AI (Artificial Intelligence) will replace all human work and effort? I caught up with ABC radio local's - Tony Delroy and our special guest Jonathan Roberts Professor in Robotics at Queensland University, in one of [...]
The death of the 1/4 acre block / 4BC
What is The death of the 1/4 acre block / 4BC? Farewell to the great Australian dream of the quarter acre block, we will miss you - you served us well, sheltered us wonderfully, helped bring our family and loved one together and sent a message to the world that we had succeeded in life [...]
The greater of two evils – The Ashley Madison saga / Hong Kong Radio 3
What is The greater of two evils The Ashley Madison saga /? I rally hard against technology being made the scapegoat of evil deeds and the Ashley Madison saga and the release of 33 million members details is a perfect example. It isn't technology that's to blame, it's the sanctimonious people who did it that [...]
The education system is strangling our kids / 6PR, ABC Wide Bay, ABC Far North
What is The education system is strangling our kids / 6PR, ABC? Today's students will live to 120, have 6 careers and 14 jobs and work into their 90's in industries that we haven't even begun to imagine, doing tasks that we don't yet know we need. With an education system built on rote learning, [...]
Trams have to be a part of Hong Kong’s future / Hong Kong Radio 3
What is Trams have to be a part of Hong Kong's future / Hong? There's a report going around suggesting that Hong Kong should get rid of its trams to ease up on the road congestion. My question to Phil Whelan of Hong Kong Radio 3 in our regular catch up is how will the [...]