One thing that could help politics but doesn't seem to be much used is "Evidence-Based Decision Making". It gets used a lot in scientific, medical and business projects but doesn't seem to … (View Post)

This all does raise an interesting question - why do we accept our generally useless political class? I'm not advocating violent revolution or even radical change, but why in the age of instant mass … (View Post)

A few years ago I was in Belgium on holiday. Due to splitting of the vote no party had an overall majority in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and no coalition had been agreed upon. While I was… (View Post)

That works for pretty much any sentient being. (View Post)

The Lego Movie was surprisingly great. And also a fairly good and completely unexpected satire on totalitarian utopias. "Everything is Awesome" becomes a very creepy song when you realise i… (View Post)