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Edited transcript of an interview with host Sheridan Voysey and ethicist Rod Benson, broadcast on Sydney radio station 103.2FM, 16 July 2006. SV When is a promise not a promise? There’s been a raging debate in the media this week about whether Australian Prime Minister John Howard gave his word to Federal Treasurer Peter Costello that …
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Rod Benson, Moore College staff devotion, 6 February 2023 Opening of a new building at Moore Theological College, 1 King St, Newtown, Sydney, in 2017. We all face challenges and uncertainties in life. We feel the impact of our past, our family of origin, our environment, the choices we make, and a range of events …
A new dawn in how we build [extract from an article by David Thompson in The Atlantic, Dec 2022] The story of the year in technology might be the emergence of AI tools that seem to trace the outer bounds of human creativity. Image-generating apps, such as Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2, turn text prompts …
Every year, since 1991, I have set a non-required reading goal. I track the number of books read (an inconsequential measure), and the number of pages read for books that I finish (for me, at least, this is what’s important). Some books may appear interesting or important but after having commenced reading it is clear …
Myths about essay writing abound. Some are valid; many are false. Some are universal in application; others apply to specific disciplines or classes of students. Below, I list 18 myths with suggested grounds for their dismissal. Can you think of others? Is there something here that you don't consider to be a myth? Let me …
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