Realpolitech
Sandy PlunkettAustralia in a World of Tech & Tumult
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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The AI Future Is Already Here. Few Humans Know What to Do with It
The future came early in 2026 - with killer bangs, a cacophony of WTFs, and the fog of war and AI colliding everywhere, all at once.
If there was any lingering doubt, the first months of the second quarter of this perpetually disruptive 21...
The Seven Deadly Sins of a Rich Low-Growth Nation
Australia isn't stalling because it lacks ideas or even capability. It is because our political and cultural priorities make innovation enterprise too hard
British novelist, essayist and former environmental activist Paul Kingsnorth is the...
Future Shock and the Lost Art of Curiosity
As the world accelerates, Australia and its Anglosphere allies are trapped in information overload, drifting to a future they didn’t design and still refuse to see
It is often said that great leadership is the art of seeing around corners...
Can Australia Afford Net Zero?
Missing Net Zero targets is the least of our problems
When Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled Australia’s new 2035 emissions target last week, a 62–70 per cent cut from 2005 levels, he called it “ambitious but achievable,”...
Why the AI Bubble isn't bursting – Yet
AI’s next frontier isn’t size, its smarts. Will Australia seize the opportunity, or miss the future - again?
Around this time in 1999, I was wedged at the back of a packed Ritz-Carlton hotel ballroom in San Francisco trying to see over a t...
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