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What Happened to Ross Johnston?
Five Extracts from the Oral History Interviews on the 14 November 2018 with Gemini Notebook Audio Commentary directed by Dr Neville Buch: 181114_000. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_001. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_002. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_004. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_006. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 Why the UQ…
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Thank you, Richard: Knowing the message but then acting
Richard Denniss What’s the point of neoliberalism?October 5, 2026 https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/whats-the-point-of-neoliberalism
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The Desiccation of the Common Well: Identity Politics, Algorithmic Assessment, and the Crisis of Adult Responsibility
“The Cost of Outsourcing Human Thought” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract This essay explores the metaphoric “Common Well” – “the Commonwealth of Common Thinking” — as the essential intersubjective foundation for shared reason, civic dialogue, and intergenerational wisdom [Buch 2026a: 12; Habermas 1979: 3]. Drawing upon contemporary critical sociology and…
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Academic Rigour, Epistemic Renewal, and the Crisis of Inquiry: A Scholarly Review of the Vanderbilt Commission Report on the State of Scholarship
The “How Activism Replaced Truth in Academia” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract This review essay evaluates the findings and structural critiques presented in contemporary assessments of higher education, taking the Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences (Boghossian et al., 2026; Vanderbilt Commission…
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Uncoiling the Psychology of the Western Traditional Belief System
Dr Neville Buch[1] The “From Cartesian Dualism to Lived Philosophy” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract Traditional Christian Belief is the heart of uncoiling the psychology of Western traditional belief system. This essay will make sense for many “western believers” but not for those whose ‘worlds’ has been outside basic Christian…
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Death in Life and Life in Death: Affective, Intellectual, and Ontological Dimensions of Human Mortality
The “Why Accepting Death Givers Life Meaning” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship at this page: Dr Neville Buch and MICE[1] The “Why Accepting Death Givers Life Meaning” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship at: Abstract This essay explores the dialectical relationship between “Death in Life” and “Life in…
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Translating Faith Beyond the Spreadsheet: UU, AI, and the Architecture of Human Meaning
The audio commentary produced as an **Audio Overview** podcast discussing Rev. David Stevens’ sermon on resisting automated Group Think: Essay to be publish after the UUnderworld November 2026.
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The Epistemology of Fanaticism: Wishful Thinking, Political Exploitation, and the Reclamation of Higher Values in Sport
Abstract This essay examines the cognitive and political dynamics of sport-induced bias, focusing on how intense athletic allegiance can distort human reasoning and endanger broader societal values [Babad & Katz 1991, p. 1923; Swans Incident 2026, p. 173]. Grounded in Elisha Babad’s psychological formulation of Wishful Thinking (WT) —defined as the systematic alignment of expectations…
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Agency, Spiral History, and the Market Chaos Myth: Reclaiming Human Authorship through the Contributory Economy
The Reclaiming Your Agency from Market Chaos audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship. Abstract (humanly devised) Robber-Barons, War-oriented Profiteers, and other market exploiters run high on the perceived chaos of the Marketplace. The chaos is real because it is made real. Indeterminacy of the marketplace is real and yet so many scammers…
