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Taking Cal Newport’s Deep Work Seriously

One of the things I talk and write most about is reading. This is the puffer fish intellectualism of someone who has a lot to say yet knows…

Jul 14, 2021

Taking Cal Newport’s Deep Work Seriously

Jul 14, 2021

I read 50 books this year. Here’s what I learned.

Short answer: Not much.

Dec 22, 2020

I read 50 books this year. Here’s what I learned.

Dec 22, 2020

Taking Play Seriously

“The play-concept is of a higher order than seriousness. For seriousness seeks to exclude play, whereas play can very well include…

Oct 28, 2020

Taking Play Seriously

Oct 28, 2020

Is Improvisation Political?

Note: This is an inchoate, conversational thought-dump. It is not without serious thought, but it is without serious rigour. It is an…

Apr 14, 2020

Is Improvisation Political?

Apr 14, 2020

The Perfect Storm: Get Ready for ‘Productivity Anxiety.’

If you’ve done an MBA, you’ve probably seen something like this:

Mar 21, 2020

The Perfect Storm: Get Ready for ‘Productivity Anxiety.’

Mar 21, 2020

Three Ways COVID-19 Prefigures a Response to the Climate Emergency

Governments right now are a little like the X-Men. Having mostly kept their powers hidden, citizens in liberal democracies are discovering…

Mar 16, 2020

Three Ways COVID-19 Prefigures a Response to the Climate Emergency

Mar 16, 2020

Choosing Empathy over Judgement

A scrap broke out at a Woolworths in Sydney earlier this week, as reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In response to the…

Mar 9, 2020

Choosing Empathy over Judgement

Mar 9, 2020

Via Negativa: Learning What You Love by Learning What You Hate

“I’ve looked under chairs I’ve looked under tables I’ve tried to find the key To fifty million fables

Dec 11, 2019

Via Negativa: Learning What You Love by Learning What You Hate

Dec 11, 2019

Why Fools Recommend Books

I had coffee with a few friends shortly after returning from life abroad in East Africa. I missed the agora-like coffee shop while living…

Jul 14, 2019

Why Fools Recommend Books

Jul 14, 2019

Can Progressive Politics survive without Progress?

Field Notes on ‘Progress 2019’

Jun 28, 2019

Can Progressive Politics survive without Progress?

Jun 28, 2019

How To Flatten The World

“This will be the science room. Good equipment, benches, everything,” said Michael, stepping deliberately over a shovel and drawing my…

Apr 13, 2019

How To Flatten The World

Apr 13, 2019

Field Notes: The Invisible Ink Symposium

A conversation on untold stories of race and religion.

Mar 5, 2019

Field Notes: The Invisible Ink Symposium

Mar 5, 2019

What “The Good Place” teaches us about Systems Thinking

Note: This article contains minor spoilers.

Feb 15, 2019

What “The Good Place” teaches us about Systems Thinking

Feb 15, 2019

Punk Makers: Live Art in the Age of AI

Note: This blog post is a sequel to my post last year on the economics of Perth’s Fringe Festival. I was overwhelmed with the positive…

Feb 5, 2019

Punk Makers: Live Art in the Age of AI

Feb 5, 2019

The Quiet Tyranny of Good Causes

In my early 20’s I had a strange, non-specific sense of injustice. I didn’t strongly identify with any particular cause. The world had…

Dec 18, 2018

The Quiet Tyranny of Good Causes

Dec 18, 2018

Otto Scharmer’s Axial Shift — A geekily specific rebuttal that absolutely nobody should read

Okay, I promise I’ll be brief. This is going to be stream-of-consciousnessy.

Nov 9, 2018

Otto Scharmer’s Axial Shift — A geekily specific rebuttal that absolutely nobody should read

Nov 9, 2018

What I learned from four days without entertainment, people, or food.

Last week, five souls & I undertook a Nature Quest with Weapons of Mass Creation at Sacha Boodja, a spiritual retreat and regenerative…

Sep 30, 2018

What I learned from four days without entertainment, people, or food.

Sep 30, 2018

No Leadership, Please

A staple of U.S. West Coast leadership literature is the ambulation of the narrator through the corridors of power. Here they encounter the…

Jun 22, 2018

No Leadership, Please

Jun 22, 2018

Two cheers for the North Street Store

I moved to Fremantle in my early 20s. Either the phenomenon of the nostalgic cafe was coming in to being or I was just discovering it. I…

Jun 1, 2018

Two cheers for the North Street Store

Jun 1, 2018

Fringe is Uber: A Model Dependent upon the Exploitation of Artists

A Facebook Post on the Fringe World Artists and Producers group gained some traction yesterday, drawing attention to a Fringe promotional…

Feb 8, 2018

Fringe is Uber: A Model Dependent upon the Exploitation of Artists

Feb 8, 2018

Aden Date

Aden Date

I work at the intersection of arts, media & social impact. Now blogging at Substack || adendate.substack.com

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