How To Get Your First Legal Job – A Practical Guide

How To Get Your First Legal Job – A Practical Guide

How To Get Your First Legal Job – A Practical Guide I have delivered this advice a number of times to students and at Universities and each time I have had feedback that it was very helpful. It not intended to be cynical (or not wholly cynical) but helpful, and so...
How To Design Better COVID Rules

How To Design Better COVID Rules

How to Design Better Covid Rules At a recent wedding, the attendees picked up their glasses of champagne and began to stand to toast the new bride and groom. “Stop” shouted the COVID Marshalls supervising the event. Under the COVID rules, a person is not allowed to...
To Support Innovation We Need To Accept Government Failure

To Support Innovation We Need To Accept Government Failure

To Support Innovation We Need To Accept Government Failure The most insightful idea that I have heard on how best to support and encourage new companies to create innovative products is this: companies don’t need a grant or advice. They need a customer. Therefore, the...
Can Machines Have Ura And Omote Understanding?

Can Machines Have Ura And Omote Understanding?

Can Machines Have Ura And Omote Understanding? In Japan, there is twin concepts of Ura and Omote. Most commonly, it is used in a societal sense to describe the private or hidden aspect of a person (Ura) and their public persona (Omote). For a highly conformist and...
Why We Need Fewer “Experts”

Why We Need Fewer “Experts”

Why We Need Fewer “Experts” An interesting view that I have seen appear across many differing topics in the past few years is that only experts should opine on any given area. This has been used across the political spectrum: only economists should opine on the...
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