How could I ever have not enough to do?
Having recently completed the first major project for A Little Research, now going through the busiest time of year for my academic position, and about… Read More »How could I ever have not enough to do?
productivity
What if robots aren’t taking our jobs?
Some time ago—I forget where—I read the observation that, with productivity growth being persistently low across the developed world, robots are actually taking jobs more… Read More »What if robots aren’t taking our jobs?
Yet more evidence on productivity and shorter working hours
The ABC reported yet another study of reduced working hours this week, this one undertaken in the Icelandic public service between 2015 and 2019. The… Read More »Yet more evidence on productivity and shorter working hours
Discipline and freedom in the use of time
A little while ago, I wrote about struggling with dividing my time between my academic position and freelancing. Before taking up the most recent non-academic… Read More »Discipline and freedom in the use of time
On the tension between work-readiness and lifelong learning
In trying to explain university courses to prospective students and making a case for the approach to teaching and curriculum design that I favour, I’ve… Read More »On the tension between work-readiness and lifelong learning