Think slow to ensure your project succeeds
What do the movie studio Pixar and the Empire State Building have in common? Professor Bent Flyvbjerg shares principles of good project management.
Megaprojects and getting big things done with Bent Flyvbjerg
This week: a discussion with Bent Flyvbjerg on the factors that lead projects to fail, whether big or small, and the research-based principles that can make them succeed.
Smart street furniture in Australia: a public service or surveillance and advertising tool?
The data collection and surveillance capabilities of smart street furniture raise a number of concerns.
Breaking the internet (badly)
Fastly and Akamai are major internet companies most of us don’t need to know about, but what happens when they go down?
Breaking the internet, and the scientific paradox on The Future, This Week
This week: what we saw when the internet went down and changing minds about the scientific paradox.
How Australians’ commutes compare with cities overseas
A global study of 117 cities finds Australian capitals have fairly poor access by car. Public transport, cycling and walking access isn't as good as in Europe and China.
Why don’t we have electric aircraft?
Unlike a car, you can't just stick a battery-powered engine in a plane and expect it to fly. Despite that, small planes might be the future of electric flight.
The Future, This Week 14 Jun 19: #FlyingCars, #Mobility, #EVs
This week: Flying cars, China pushes electric vehicles, and the future of the automobile.
Reimagining Sydney: this is what needs to be done to make a Central City CBD work
Central City 2048 proposes one new rail line, three metro lines and almost 300,000 extra jobs for the new CBD, one of three proposed for metropolitan Sydney. Clearly, the investment needed is massive.
Re-imagining Sydney with 3 CBDs: how far off is a Parramatta CBD?
The Greater Sydney metropolis is envisaged as having three CBDs by mid-century, but an assessment of the proposed Central City around Parramatta shows how much work is needed to make that a reality.
How Brazil can beat the odds
Brazil has set itself a target of restoring almost 50,000 sq km of the Amazon rainforest by 2030. But it won't get there without changing its policies and how it engages with local people.
Turnbull’s government must accept responsibility for delivering an equitable NBN for all Australians
The NBN has to be equitable to be a truly nation-building platform. As long as it is failing some, it is failing us all in Australia.