Economics is an artificial construct. We could choose to value the things that truly matter. The things that make life better for all of us. Wellbeing. Social connectedness. Education. Health. Affordable housing. Time for recreation. Access to the natural environment. Air quality. Water quality. We can choose.
Tag: covid
Raising Heretics to Save the World
We need a rationally sceptical population. We need to stop being irrationally sceptical of climate science and vaccines and start being rationally sceptical of government policy, business motives, and media beatups. We need to build a new world. And world building has to start with education.
Whose restrictions are tighter?
There has been much squabbling about covid restrictions in NSW and Victoria, with very little evidence or data involved in the discussion. So I decided to collect some facts and compare the restrictions, as listed on the state health department websites. This is an exercise you could easily do in class, and it is a wonderful application of data science.
Vaccine hesitancy is a logical consequence of the way we teach science.
Science is actually a way of exploring and understanding the world, and of solving problems. By its very nature science deals with uncertainty, and constantly proves itself wrong as new information becomes available. Unfortunately we teach it as a discipline of facts and right answers.