[LINK] The speed problem ...

[Stephen Loosley]

Karl writes,

> As for discarding caution in favour of speed – God
> give me strength, what a stupid, stupid, STUPID idea.

One does take your perhaps rather dramatically overstated
point Karl, and for this thoughtful if ambitious article perhaps
an additional and balanced perspective overall may be helpful.

However,  just in order we don’t gleefully and exuberantly throw
out the baby along with his point of view, maybe have a look again?

>.. when the federal government announced its most recent plan, it
> detailed $72 billion in this kind of infrastructure. No strictly digital
> projects seemed to be in sight. Rather than spend billions “fixing”
> congestion by building more roads ... what if our shared COVID-19
> experience and response has already fixed congestion and we don’t
> even know it yet?

So, he makes a good point .. in this digital world, is $72 billion spent
on earth-moving, building more now-working-at-home empty roads,
the very best idea for such significant investments?

Why not chance-our-hand in the digital world with a few risky ideas?

Spend money on our Australian digital-brains and see what happens?

> Without a mindset open to speed and the inevitable mistakes that
> come from learning, innovation will struggle to emerge .. Australia
> has a chance to lead now, and it should seize it.

Divert our minds from this shit-virus and on to something more useful.

Stephen