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Author Archives: Stephen Dark

Stephen Dark has a PhD in Climate Change Policy and Science, and has lectured at Bond University in the Faculty of Society & Design teaching Sustainable Development and Sustainability Economics. He is a member of the Urban Development Institute of Australia and the author of the book Contemplating Climate Change: Mental Models and Human Reasoning.

Posted inSpinifex

Urban feminism: the answer to the failures of our blokey built environment?

by Stephen Dark 23 November 202124 November 2021
Posted inSpinifex

Jeff Bezos catches a bit of COP26 fever

by Stephen Dark 4 November 20214 November 2021
Posted inColumns

Unaffordable housing, designing your dream home, and keeping up with the Kardashians

by Stephen Dark 20 October 202121 October 2021
abstract crowd of people
Posted inSpinifex

Three decrees of separation: I mean, could Covid dramatically alter our urban landscape?

by Stephen Dark 5 October 20216 October 2021
Posted inClimate Change

Educating Alan Tudge: Is critical thinking the missing link in Australia’s unsustainable education system?

by Stephen Dark 21 September 202121 September 2021
Posted inSpinifex

Of moral consequence: brutality and betrayal in Afghanistan

by Stephen Dark 31 August 202131 August 2021
Leo Tolstoy
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Is Matt Canavan suffering from the Tolstoy Syndrome?

by Stephen Dark 17 August 202117 August 2021
polar bear on melting ice
Posted inClimate Change

The world according to the IPCC and the problem with probability

by Stephen Dark 10 August 202110 August 2021
Posted inSpinifex

In search of perfection: a new kind of Frankenstein’s Monster

by Stephen Dark 12 July 20219 July 2021
abandoned plane
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Zero-Days: whoops! we just shut down the planet

by Stephen Dark 28 June 202129 June 2021
Posted inColumns

The humble battery might just save our planet

by Stephen Dark 21 June 202121 June 2021
australian money
Posted inBusiness & Politics

The “budget” and the politics of perception

by Stephen Dark 24 May 202124 May 2021
Photo: Carlos Roso
Posted inSpinifex

The Greta Thunberg Conspiracy

by Stephen Dark 7 May 20219 July 2021
Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni in a scene from Fellini’s La Dolce Vita.
Posted inSpinifex

La dolce vita or a return to the dog days?

by Stephen Dark 26 April 202126 April 2021
parthenon
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In recent times, the word meritocracy has been bandied about like a lump of coal in Parliament House

by Stephen Dark 13 April 202113 April 2021
Posted inPublic/social/ethical

Time for a global wealth tax anyone? Why life is a lottery

by Stephen Dark 6 April 20217 April 2021
Posted inSpinifex

Is the EU’s carbon levy the moment of truth for our political leaders?

by Stephen Dark 16 March 202116 March 2021
Surreal scene of Sad and depression human concept, alone, lonely, emotion, fantasy painting illustration
Posted inPublic/Community

Britain was the first to appoint an official minister for loneliness in 2018 – what’s going on?

by Stephen Dark 8 March 20218 March 2021
Posted inBusiness & Politics

Liberalism: the other pandemic

by Stephen Dark 23 February 202123 February 2021
Posted inSpinifex

Exposing a brotherhood of BS

by Stephen Dark 7 December 202017 December 2020
woman looking at blue mountains fires
Posted inClimate Change

When the birds stop singing and the roads begin to melt

by Stephen Dark 30 November 20201 December 2020
Posted inClimate Change

The truth about emissions targets

by Stephen Dark 10 November 202010 November 2020
Posted inSpinifex

Doing what you love is the best form of welfare

by Stephen Dark 20 October 202020 October 2020
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AI is looming – do we travel through time or end in an algorithm?

by Stephen Dark 8 October 20209 October 2020
Josh Frydenberg
Posted inEnergy

A “Frydenberg slip”, then another furphy that leaves everyone flabber-gas-ted

by Stephen Dark 29 September 202030 September 2020
Posted inSpinifex

Millennials in the age of “neo-miserabilism”

by Stephen Dark 21 September 202028 April 2021
Posted inGovernment/Regulations

Cruising down the road to Donald Horne’s Lucky Country

by Stephen Dark 15 September 202017 September 2020
Posted inEnergy

Nikola Tesla dreamed of free electricity; what happened?

by Stephen Dark 7 September 202011 May 2022
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Gucci and Oscar Wilde were right: the truth about fashion

by Stephen Dark 31 August 20201 September 2020
Posted inBusiness & Politics

How sustainable is our shiny new normal?

by Stephen Dark 20 August 202028 August 2020

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