Australia has built dozens of front doors to its research.
It hasn’t built the road network that connects them.
Most people don’t know which door to knock on. They arrive with a question: what if?
Triage first. Concierge second.
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Search killed the web directory by trading curation for scale. AI is bringing it back, because AI needs meaning, not popularity. And meaning needs structure.
Existing is no longer the same as being present.
The directory is dead. Long live the directory. elliotduff.substack.com/p/th…
I am incredibly frustrated. For twenty-five years I have been talking about robots displacing human workers. I have built the robots that have done this in mining. And yet we are still arguing about whether it will happen. elliotduff.substack.com/p/th…
Are we treating #AmbitiousAustralia as if it answers Australia’s innovation problem? Because it doesn't.
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For many years I have assumed Australia's innovation policy failure was institutional amnesia. But I was wrong. The problem isn't memory. It's perception. elliotduff.substack.com/p/th…
What if Australia's productivity crisis isn't real?
What if we're just measuring the wrong things?elliotduff.substack.com/p/th…
Some personal reflections revealed by Claude AI. linkedin.com/posts/elliotduf…
Excellent podcast on how we should respond to the Bondi tragedy.
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My lastest article in response to the current Economic Reform Roundtable Australia linkedin.com/pulse/australia…
Why is this article in The Guardian not making headlines. Adani are paying no tax, and may never pay tax. Yet the promise of the Carmichael Coal Mine in northern Queensland had a significant impact upon the outcome of the 2019 Federal election
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Australia is stuck in its own dream trap - where planning has become a substitute for action. We have been dreaming of a smart and clever country for more than 40 years, and yet we still rewriting the todo list. Lets just do it linkedin.com/pulse/australia…
My comments on one of the best articles on Australian Innovation Policy, I have seen in some time. Thanks @JohnHHoward
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Here is my submission to the SERD. While the Australian Innovation Ecosystem faces many challenges, I believe a key issue is the lack of clarity surrounding the roles of different stakeholders. linkedin.com/pulse/repairing…
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As Australia navigates its Science, Research and Innovation architecture, we face an urgent need for systemic transformation. Read about the strategic imperatives that could reshape our research landscape: wix.to/xqcv1pl #Innovation #Research #Australia
Thanks Roy. Here are my views on the R&D review. linkedin.com/posts/elliotduf…
“Long-term success will depend on better coordination of government programs & their more effective delivery through localised innovation ecosystems” My take on R&D review @Innov_Aus innovationaus.com/rd-review-… #FMiA @AlboMP @JEChalmers #EdHusic
Congratulations to Aaron MacFayden on his #eurekaprize for the @ansto innovative use of technology
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We are off and running #EurekaPrizes 2024
Good luck to our incredible Aussie scientists tonight
This article was written in response to the cognitive dissonance that I experienced between last week's National Science Statement followed by the news that CSIRO will cut 500 staff. linkedin.com/pulse/australia…
We are a very #confusedCountry
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I wrote this 5 years ago. “Preventing Digital Feudalism” project-syndicate.org/commen…