What did some of our contributors realise about their much-beloved artform – the vaunted video game – this year? Sam Brooks, gaming editor: You don’t have to do it. There’s always a ‘you gotta do it’ aspect to any form of media – be it a film, a television series, an album, a book, a … Read more
We asked a bunch of smart people in NZ science and technology to tell us their revelation of 2018. Whether in the field of science or something else altogether, what blew them away? See also, Nicola Gaston on science, optimism and cynicism Richard Easther: The climate change brain-trap The biggest revelation to me this year? … Read more
But what I’m grappling with, writes Nicola Gaston, is how optimistic we can afford to be about human behaviour For more 2018 revelations from New Zealanders in science and technology go here It’s been a slow realisation; I think it may have been creeping up on me for a while. But somewhere in late 2018 … Read more
In 2018, Leonie Hayden decided she didn’t want to each as much meat for the good of the planet – but also realised ‘flexitarian’ is a stupid word, and we’re all going to die anyway. A revelation came to me this year in the form of a New York magazine article titled The Last Conversation … Read more