Discussion Topics in 2021

April 4 — top pandemic priorities for Canadians; job creation
April 18 — an article ‘On Hope’, Huawei and 5G
April 20 — the loss of the Tartar language, COVID impacts on the healthcare system
April 25 — an article ‘The Growing Threat to Free Speech Online’

May 2 — ‘The Growing Threat to Free Speech Online’ continuing…
May 9 — COVID passports in Germany, marathon running
May 16 — COVID passports continuing
May 23 — national identity, mobile ‘global professionals’
May 30 — empathy, burnout, mental health

June 10 — Scout mindset (TED), the Just World Hypothesis
June 13 — happiness as a way to measure GDP, Basic Income, the right to work
June 27 — Basic Income, the good life in Germany continuing…

July 2 — functional phrases for Zoom facilitation, communication on social media
July 11 — apps that we like (Garmin’s Strava, Anki, Noom)
July 25 — home ownership, housing affordability

August 2 — City of Ottawa eyes digital ‘surveillance’ of short-term rental platforms
August 8 — housing continuing… (accumulating wealth, an asset to borrow against, COVID evictions, Russian registration system to access schools and other services)
August 22 — the Video Game Industry, Clubhouse, Rocket League, Fortnight, Hunger Games
August 29 — putting imagination and creativity to work in the real world / Advice for a Life of Adventure, Beauty and Success

September 5 — your ikigai (purpose, earning a living, talents)
September 12 — WFH (working from home) is eroding our trust in one another
September 19 — WFH is eroding trust continuing…
September 26 — the Right to Repair movement

October 3 — German election, leaders of each party
October 10 — this “first past the post” system in Canada, Canada’s election
October 31 — bossware, remote working, privacy

November 14 — cognitive biases and adverse events influence vaccine decisions
November 21 — cognitive bias continuing…
November 28 — the 8Rs (rethink, reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recycle, recover, re-gift)