Sisyphus: We Need More Optimism Around Technology

A Guest Post by Sisyphus posted on The Goodoil

We must embrace technology and capitalise on the coming advances as best we can, because if we are not growing we are dying.

The recent resignation of Thierry Breton sparked some celebrations among the European tech community. Breton had been at the forefront of the EU’s effort to regulate the technology sector. While his resignation was for “personal reasons”, it comes less than a week after a report on the future of European competitiveness was published.

Guest Post: Ancestors and the Culture Clash

A Guest Post by Sisyphus posted on The Goodoil

For an upcoming university course, one of the requirements is a stay on a local marae in order to get properly acquainted with Māori culture. None of us in the course are ourselves Māori, yet we must fulfill this requirement to pass.

One of the main requirements is that we perform a mihi. Which, if you don't know, has you list out a number of things, including your spiritual mountain, river, boat (which your family brought to NZ), tribe and a number of other things, ending with your name.