To me that is the fundamental question which humanity has too ask itself, and, depending on the answer, ask many more about our role in the world and our responsibilities, to the rest of humanity and the all that makes up the world as we know it.

The answers will have little value if we can’t agree on some common principles of ethics

How many times have you heard, ‘I wish it was a long weekend EVERY weekend…’ after a public holiday?? Australia has one of the highest rates of unpaid overtime in the western world. In a globally competitive, free-market (rat) race to make a living, are we forgetting to make a life for ourselves? Could a four day week be the ticket to improve our relationships, our mental health and our ability to find meaning and purpose in our lives? How would our economy react if we all collectively agreed to work less?

Will we continue the trend of McMansions or develop the increasing interest in tiny houses? Will we stay in small family units or revert to multi-generational households as Baby Boomers age and younger generations stay at home longer? In what ways will sustainability and energy-efficiency play a part?

I find it strange that all educational philosophy and research gets ignored by modern high school education.

In Australia we’ve got the dominant view that hung parliaments and large cross benches are ‘unworkable’ and ‘feral’. Why? In Europe hung parliaments are normal, and there are often many parties represented in the parliament.

Would we benefit from more diverse parties and viewpoints in parliament?

Is there an objective sense of what is moral? Or, does morality only exist in action between people. If you steal a movie online is this OK because no one saw you do it? If people are abused in detention centres is this OK because no one was watching?

The edges of our roads should have piles of worn-off rubber everywhere, but I don’t ever see it.

Because I believe that talking about death can be life-changing and life-affirming.

Mostly because it’s fun, but I wonder about the benefits of unstructured, inclusive and spontaneous activities that allow people to experience themselves without purpose.

We drive cars, heat houses, cook, manufacture and do many other things which make the earth hotter. We should be concerned about things that heat the earth other than the greenhouse effect.

We are so obsessed with defining ourselves inside constructs that divide us, why not discuss what could possibly unite us?