Category Archives: Politics

Iron Man and the Myth of the Lone Entrepreneur

Posted on May 12, 2014 by formerdundeeman

A popular misconception we’re often confronted with is the idea that successful business people somehow made it through their own hard work, graft and smarts.  While it can take immense perseverance, skill and acumen to build business empires, it is … Continue reading →

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When did the means become more important than the end?

Posted on May 9, 2014 by formerdundeeman

Somehow everything has got into a big bloody mess.  Somehow the means became far more important than the end.  What is the end?  To ask is to meddle with such cliched questions as what is the meaning of life.  But … Continue reading →

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The Political Class and the End of Heckling

Posted on April 10, 2014 by formerdundeeman

In most countries the current generation of politicians is dominated by the so called political class.  These people know only one thing and that is the game of politics and they’ll destroy their own party and country to keep their hand … Continue reading →

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Why so many are blind to inequality

Posted on April 2, 2014 by formerdundeeman

As an engineer I like to understand how things work.  However maybe unlike many engineers I like to extend this curiosity beyond gadgets and other technical creations and apply it to such things as economics and politics.  These explorations in … Continue reading →

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