Time to pass a law that any party spokesperson of media outlet that opines with hindsight reckons on pandemic management has to show this chart in the background at all times #nzpol
What folk seem to forget is that the same people [surgeons & anaesthetists mostly] who work in public health part-time, also work in private part-time. The key limitation is access to a fully staffed and functioning theatre. Just where does Brown think he will magic the people from?
Interested in how to get public transport that works, even in traffic-heavy suburban cities?
My book lays out the ins and outs of transit planning, with theory and practice grounded in years of experience on what works.
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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
It was very strange, especially after what went on around the vilification of Jacinda.
Almost a tidal phenomenon, rather than a rational assessment based on an understanding of context and history.
Pied oystercatchers with Bar-tailed godwits behind. Lots of them.
Pied stilts in the mudflats
Juvenile pied stilt in water
Bar-tailed godwits huddled together in an estuary
Birds. So many birds.
Great day out at Miranda
shorebirds.org.nz
Who's presenting that, Rhea? Good to see it.
At some point we will have a conversation about the bogus claim that running a financially successful company equips you for leadership more broadly.
"The Arithmetic Of Climate Failure". my response to a series of questions posed by Alma Asfalto & published last week.
A link to the publication (with abridged answers) and including my full answers is at: climateuncensored.com/the-arithmet...
Mode error and unruly technology:
What is it doing now?
What will it do in future?
It's strange seeing the issues raised in joint cognitive systems coming back repeatedly...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Davi...
The media framing of "human error" linked to charges laid is where there problem lies.
But issues of mode uncertainty and how the way technology shapes cognition are common, as you know. Behaviours that seem tragicomic may reveal the difficulty faces in understanding what was actually going on.
For more reading:
"Those Found Responsible Have Been Sacked" - Cook
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?rep...
How Complex Systems Fail - Cook
how.complexsystems.fail
There is Safety in Power or Power in Safety - Dekker/Nyce
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Really disappointing to hear this news
"Human error" is the starting point of an investigation, not the conclusion. Lots of organisational issuesabd messy technology that are common in modern accidents.
Simple narratives and scapegoating= blame, not learning
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Simeon Brown MP Labour’s COVID-19 restrictions were some of the most stringent in the world, and Kiwis paid the price. New Zealanders remember not being able to visit loved ones in hospital, struggling to secure a managed isolation spot just to return home, and keeping their kids home from school for months on end. Aucklanders felt this more than most, with Labour’s decisions leading to the region spending more than six months in lockdown – the longest of any region in the country. The uncertainty, the isolation, and the toll it took on families, small business owners, and communities were all a result of decisions made during that time. Those decisions had a significant impact on everyday Kiwis, and it is important we take the time to fully understand why those decisions were made, so that any future response properly weighs the health and economic needs of all New Zealanders. Our Government expanded a Royal Commission Inquiry into the COVID-19 response, and yesterday we received their final report. The Prime Minister has asked me to lead the Government’s response to its recommendations – because New Zealanders deserve answers, and we are committed to making sure the lessons of that period are never forgotten.
#NZpol I’m not liking the tone or angle he takes with this. It feels like foreshadowing pushing negative views "because it was Labour".
This would be rewriting the past to suit election-year politics.
Many of us warned that the second "add-on" phase looked to include political motivations,
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I often hear "AI transcription is great, it will allow me to focus on spending more time with my patients"
The Law of Stretched Systems would like a word...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
If your GP practice is using an AI scribe I have two suggestions: first, demand clarity on privacy (storage, access, policy). Second, ensure they personally verify accuracy. We’ve seen clinically important errors, and doctors who couldn’t explain where the data was going. Patient safety failures.
View of lake with clouds reflected. A path curves beside it. In the background is a fjord stretching into the distance.
Three weeks ago I spent a few days in one of our global dark sky sanctuaries in Rakiura Stewart Island New Zealand. Never has deep time felt so real or so close.
But every now and then one of Elon's dumbfuck satellites would interrupt the eternal rhythms of the stars. Let's not let it get worse.
Job market so bad that even former Prime Ministers moving to Australia
Looks like this podcast series of a trailer and 8 episodes. It took some finding, but the nzpod page does have an actual RSS link, making it actually a podcast rather than just sparkling streaming audio.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo3i...
nzpod.co.nz/podcast/quar...
Good to be part of this important piece.
"The future seems improbable, the past incredible"
The retrospective reckons don't really capture the interesting and values based decision making that was happening early on.
Carney on climate leadership:
"Actions to reduce tail risks have no immediate political benefit...
But true leaders are stewards of the organisation, system or society they inherit. They recognise that leadership is temporary and they are custodians"
Short term thinking = discounting the future
I love how quickly New Zealand media gloss over that Jacinda Ardern is still the most popular politician according to polls measuring favourability, and she always was as Prime Minister as well which was always contrary to the dominant gallery narrative that she had become a figure of division
The launch of every piece of AI-driven surveillance/security/criminal justice software basically goes like this:
AI COMPANY: this is an error free, bias free, state of the art, highly intelligent software system
Two Weeks Later: …aaaand it’s racist
Hey, at least Chuck and Mary will have a Beggar-free Britomart to enjoy! I dive deeper over at my Substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/chuck-and-...
Except literally every data analysis or model I've ever asked AI to build has contained at least one error: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Common response: "But someone just needs to give AI detailed instructions..."
But who is the "someone" in that sentence? And how did they get their expertise?
When National, ACT, and NZ First gutted pay equity last year, they didn’t listen to the voices of women, workers, or experts. The People’s Select Committee was formed so that the voices of Aotearoa could be heard on pay equity - and their findings are damning for the National-led Govt. #nzpol
