Do you remember the story you were told as a child called “the boy who cried wolf?” This may be peculiar to European culture, so for those unfamiliar with it, here’s the brief version: Continue reading “The planet that cried wolf”

Again this is an idea that came to me many years ago, and was inspired by the appalling way in which the major political parties take bribes from vested interests, for which they’re expected in return to modify government spending to suit the ideology of those interests. Continue reading “Proposed legislative and constitutional change: discretionary spending and tax”

The short answer to this is: “everyone, everything, no-one & nothing” … but let’s try for something a little less cryptic.

Open Empire is an ‘anarchic’ system, from the Greek origin:

anarkhos: an- (‘without’) +arkhos (‘chief’ or ‘ruler’).

So to the contrary of what many of us were led to believe throughout our lives, anarchy does NOT mean “chaos”, NOR does it mean “no rules” … it means (specifically) “no rulers”.

NOW you may wonder: “how can we have rules if there’s no hierarchical power to enforce those rules?” Continue reading “Who (or what) “rules” in an Open Empire?”

I keep hearing/reading/seeing people mistakenly believe that eco-friendly technology will solve all the problems of human civilisation … but here’s why that’s never going to be true, so long as money exists & runs the show: Continue reading “Eco-friendly tech won’t solve the problem”

I just watched this movie for the first time … and I just want to say one thing:

• While on the one hand yes it is inspiring & a great advertisement for why we spend money on space exploration …
• I want to know why we don’t treat the rescue of all people & species this way?

Think about it … it’s not the first movie with this message “leave no one behind” … but this message is a lie. Continue reading “Movie Review: The Martian (2015)”

Just for a bit of fun, I thought I’d post this … I’m quite seriously going to send it if I can find a job with an organisation that doesn’t immediately make me think “run away” … but I’m hoping all humour aside, it might shift some attitudes out there, particularly in the human resources and recruitment fields.

Enjoy.

To whom it may concern, Continue reading “The Perfect Cover Letter”

First of all before I begin, I’ll just explain (if it wasn’t already obvious): I put the word “elite” in quotation marks to make it absolutely clear: this is a joke of a title people have given themselves.

There’s nothing elite whatsoever about being an arsehole; in fact that’s easy & anyone can do it, because what it means is you’re holding yourselves to a LOWER STANDARD of behaviour. Continue reading “Economics and Sustainability: the delusion of the global “elite””

Hypothetical:

If you could do anything & didn’t have to worry about the property trade & currency based economic concerns of investment cost, profit or loss … and instead, you could simply focus on your project goals, research, development, implementation etc.; while making efforts to ensure your project activities abide by the best possible & feasible practices, which minimise ecological & social harm, and maximise ecological & social benefits …

WHAT WOULD THAT PROJECT BE ?

Continue reading “What is your Open Empire project?”

I am writing this post to explain to you how I see a day in the life of an everyday person … someone who presently (if they’re one of the lucky ones with a decent job): gets up, goes to work, does their job, makes money, and looks forward to the evenings, weekends & holidays when they actually get to do their own thing. Continue reading “A day in the life in an Open Empire”

I just wanted to write an article to help people who may struggle with the task of business planning & how to price what they do. The following are very broad principles, but I’m happy to write something more specific if anyone has questions.

You’ll need to heavily adapt this to suit your specific circumstances: Continue reading “Business Planning for Startups and SMEs”