Nov 4, 2022Am I hostage to the opinions of others?The answer is no. I am hostage to nothing and no one. I am free to do as I like when I please with whoever I wish. But is that wholly true? Do I really operate in this world independent of the coercive pressures exuded by the hive mind we…Philosophy7 min readPhilosophy7 min read
Oct 18, 2022What is the purpose of work?Part of what drove my desire to explore a Quarter Life Crisis was dissatisfaction with what I spent 5 out of 7 days a week doing - a job I did not love. Collective middle-class wisdom suggests success is high paying jobs that are somewhat fulfilling. Emphasis on the somewhat…Careers7 min readCareers7 min read
Oct 12, 2022Why I support Australian RepublicanismFirst published on MerionWest It is time for Australia to embrace becoming a republic. Although Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has indicated that any republican conversations ought to be put on hold for the foreseeable future out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II’s life, it is possible to appreciate her impressive…Australia4 min readAustralia4 min read
Oct 6, 2022How Important is Money?*First published on my blog: https://thequarterlifecrisis.org/articles/how-important-is-money* If someone ever tries to tell you that money isn’t important you should do the following. Firstly, tell them to piss up a flagpole. Secondly, ask what stocks they’re buying. This way you can release your anger while acknowledging that the type of people…Money7 min readMoney7 min read
Sep 28, 2022Needless anxiety over China will only make it true*Originally Published on THE FORGE* Australians need to rapidly reassess their China-Taiwan calculus, because as it stands we are overstating our global importance and understating realities. Overstating the possibility of conflict risks us creating a self-fulfilling prophecy wherein we make our fears come true. A recent poll by the Australia…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Sep 28, 2022What is a Good Life?I think I am chasing smoke in asking this question — but that is sort of the point. The notion of a ‘good life’ is itself somewhat of a mirage, a formless concept that we can likely understand and describe, but who’s essence is constantly shifting. It means something different…Philosophy8 min readPhilosophy8 min read
Sep 18, 2022What is a Quarter Life Crisis?Article 1 of 52 Republished from my blog site: https://thequarterlifecrisis.org/articles/what-is-a-quarter-life-crisis The last few years have brought with it a growing sense that the answers I had to life’s big questions were ill-considered and incomplete. My answers weren’t necessarily wrong — but they were built on precarious foundations that I steadily…Crisis6 min readCrisis6 min read
Sep 14, 2022Rhetoric and Reason; What Drives the US and ChinaChina has long charted its own course towards a defined destiny, while the West drifts from the path of unity towards a destination unknown. One of China’s greatest strengths in the coming decades is that it knows where it is going. China, unlike the West, has a tangible, common future…China5 min readChina5 min read
Sep 13, 2022Privatisation and the Pitfalls of ADF ExpansionIntroduction On 10 September 2001, then-US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, held a town hall meeting for all Pentagon staff. The meeting was to discuss an adversary that posed ‘a serious threat to the security of the United States of America … the Pentagon bureaucracy’[1]. In his speech, Rumsfeld declared that…Military18 min readMilitary18 min read
Sep 12, 2022Cold War II; a sequel or something new?Devolving US-China relations have seen experts declare that the Second Cold War is upon us. Having won the first Cold War, American hegemony has since declined since its ‘unipolar moment’, however only 30 years later is it reasonable to suggest that the West has learnt nothing and finds itself in…Politics7 min readPolitics7 min read
