Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: This is your public broadcasting, in reply to LIISA,
the hundreds of hours of local/cultural content the NZ public invested in
which we can see some of on Heartland. on pay-only Sky #sigh
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Russell Brown,
Tim says it's not Roughan
really? shrinking pool of suspects..
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Bart Janssen,
funding those people who are excellent
Identifying 'excellence' is the trick with that approach. Some industries like science have well-developed comparative mechanisms; others don't.
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Genuine broadband now rather than in 6 years would seem an obvious one too.
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In light of the Hobbit buzz, interesting Guardian article (via Toby Manhire) about Denmark's creative rise and its connection with their homegrown film-making movement, Dogme. Also notes:
For politicians, the explanation may be even more prosaic. "Dogme is one of the reasons why a lot of creative stuff is happening," says Uffe Elbaek, the culture minister. "But it's sure not the only one." The boom in food, TV and architecture, he says, is the result of three decades of financial support. This has assisted the Danish Film School and the New Nordic Kitchen movement, and delivered grassroots funding for young creatives. Free university tuition hasn't hurt, either. "Now we see the fruit of that kind of public investment," says Elbaek.
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Fund ecosystems that support winners. Understand what winning looks like.
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Keir Leslie,
In fact we can't pick winners.
Other nations seem to manage. It's part of stewardship/governance; of being grown ups rather than distractable and indulgent teens.
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Stopping borrowing from overseas in order to fund our property obsession would be a spectacular start. That's the vast, vast majority of our trade imbalance.
This as well. On a roll, Mr Poole. Great to meet you and your other half last week too.
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Paul Williams,
silverculture
we need more of that #alchemy
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Matthew Poole,
The problem has been broader than water, but yes it's interesting how the multi-stakeholder Land and Water Forum is not trusted by this govt to set binding standards - or did their internal consensus not stretch that far?