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An immigrant walks into a bar…
An Eastern European Immigrant to the UK (aka: human) walks into a bar: “A key reason I came to the UK was because of education for my kids. I grew up in communist Hungary but the education was so much better than the values they are teaching now.” Me (slightly pissed human): Why do you say “but”? Why not “so”?… Read more
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Upcoming talks and workshops in 2015
Ive finalised my calendar for talks and workshops for the first half of 2015. To find out more information or book a place, follow the links provided. March 18th-21st London, UK: Lecturing on Sustainable Exchange masters module. March 19th London, UK: Panellist at Tomorrow’s Transactions Forum.March 30th Geneva, Switzerland: Disruptive Leadership, talk at Hub Geneva.… Read more
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Why are the British Museum and BBC misinforming us about money?
What might the avoidance of the real history of money and banking be about? Do we not want our kids, or the general public, to understand how money and banking evolved, with a lot of push, secrecy, squabble and shove?… Continue reading Why are the British Museum and BBC misinforming us about money? → Read more
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Future lines of debate and action on climate
The mainstream discussion about climate change, highlighted by last week in new york, is out of step with the latest climate science. What is the threat of abrupt climate change suggesting we discuss?… Continue reading Future lines of debate and action on climate → Read more
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Funded PhD on Sustainability in the UK Lake District
Full Time Postgraduate Research Studentship, University of Cumbria, England Deadline for submission 12 noon Friday 24 October 2014. The Faculty of Education, Arts and Business is pleased to invite applications for one full-time PhD student scholarship. The research student will be based in either the Institute of Education or in the Institute for Leadership and… Read more
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Ecuador’s helpful knee in the balls of the Bitcoin boys
So its confirmed Ecuador will be launching their own digital currency. In the meantime, they have banned other forms of private digital currency like Bitcoin. On the one hand, it is brilliant that the fame of bitcoin, and its distributed ledger technology, has helped Ecuador’s government consider not only the issuing of a digital currency,… Read more
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