jenduncan.bsky.social
Interested in things, lots of things. Generally seeking to connect with good and give back in kind.
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You may be thinking of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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That’s a bit of a leap.
Ever heard of that dude called Gandhi?
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Or just ignorant folks yearning for a simple solution to a complex program. I prefer to believe the latter.
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Frankly, it took a woman … 💪
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But if it looks like, smells like, walks like … 🦆
And don’t get me wrong, I’m an advocate for young people’s safety online. But I see this as a missed opportunity to engage with the better-if-harder challenge of universal safety that also denies some young people access to vital info and supports.
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Meh. I mean … it’s okayyy, but I wouldn’t call it great. 🤷♀️
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But it’s an age verification requirement that .. bans .. people under a certain age from being on certain platforms … 🤔
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Irrespective of the Court’s view, what we can probably all agree is that she contravened the most basic standards of decency, respect and courtesy. That feels like enough.
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They do say that every boy grows up to be his father. 🙂↕️ Or Howard Hughes.
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With friends like that … 🫢
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I loved this and have listen-read it five times now. 🙏 Moving on to Ludicrous by Edward Niedermeyer.
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However, I do like to think that we’ve managed to have a respectful discussion about our differences, and I take that as a win.
Well done Bluesky, you have passed your first test!! 👏🦋
Thanks for being in the conversation with me.
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And so, it feels that we are at an impasse.
Having talked around this, you think that I’m ‘too close to the screen’, unable to see the big picture for a focus on details. I feel that your big picture is more about black and white and that life, and leadership, exists in the shades of grey.
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😳 The NACC started on 1 July 2023 and received the Robodebt referral on 6 July 2023. How is my timeline funky?
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He was also setting up a new office, new organisation and, as he said on Friday, decisions about whether to accept the Robodebt reference would be precedent- and direction-setting for the NACC. Would you have thrown responsibility for those larger decisions to your new team through total withdrawal?
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It’s a pretty good post, worth a read. 😉 And I honestly think that’s a simplification of my reasoning to the point that it doesn’t reflect my view.
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And it’s not respect for “the leadership” - that implies blind confidence in positional power.
It’s respect for leaders who show integrity, apply their whole self to the role, and strive to correct when an error has been made. But you’ve read my LinkedIn post so you know that. 😉
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No, I think there are people capable of filling the role. I also think that if we metaphorically cut off the head of every leader who makes a decision we disagree with, or a bad decision, we’ll have very few people left actually willing to *fill* the roles.
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Haha. What do you think my professional interests are?
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It’s respect for the leadership that gives me faith.
Who would you appoint in his stead?
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Noting that on a read of the TSP articles on the NACC there isn’t unanimity amongst staff - some issues are so complex that people of good faith will always disagree with good reason - perhaps we are doomed to agree to disagree too.
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And, as he is endeavouring to do now, he will take responsibility for them and making them right.
At significant personal cost to his own mental health and wellbeing, I would guess.
3/3 😝
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Mistakes are inevitable. It’s not a matter of whether they’ll be made but which ones are made and why. So I circle back to integrity and honour .. if and when Commissioner Brereton makes mistakes, you can at least know he’ll make them with deliberation, sound reasons and impeccable intent. 🤷♀️
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Damned if you do (recuse yourself from a decision but participate in discussion), damned if you don’t (go ahead the appointing Gleeson because a subject of the matter might complain .. about a conflict of interest?) It is new, with challenging work and operating in a febrile environment… 1/2
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Correct! Not something he’s known for. So where’s our curiosity? When I listened to his explanation at his speech I Friday I may have had my own views on where he landed but I also felt he made his decision weighing up complex matters with serious, nuanced consideration and thought. I rest my case.
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It should be a conversation - not yelling, no assumptions, minimal hostility.
Pile-ons suck. Particularly when there’s a real person lying at the bottom of it.
Then again, you’re the only one who stuck around to finish the conversation so kudos.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 🙏
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And for the record .. those who acted knowingly, deliberately and with forethought to design and implement Robodebt should have every book under the sun thrown at them. It was cruel, heartless and unconscionable.
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@hingehead.bsky.social there are many people in this world who make bad decisions for bad reasons. In my view this was not the case here. And I tire of living in a world where we rain hellfire down on people whose decisions we don’t like but also don’t have to make, in all their complexity.
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If you read through my posts you’ll see that I haven’t defended *any* of the judgements he’s made. Very deliberately. I have, however, defended what I believe to be the integrity and thoughtfulness with which he has endeavoured to make them.
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PS so many were casting aspersions that singling out one seemed unfair.
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That’s a misreading of my post, I believe. And I do defend the man to the extent that he’s been required to resolve some extraordinarily complex and competing priorities. I don’t envy him the challenge, nor the burden of making those decisions.
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Not what I said. 🤷♀️
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@hingehead.bsky.social , @squigglyrick.bsky.social and @celerysorbet.bsky.social my comment wasn’t directed at anyone other than those who think that making these kinds of judgements are easy and who might be inclined to play the man rather than the ball. If you think that’s you .. but I don’t.
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I was present at Commissioner Brereton’s GIA talk yesterday. He struck me as an honourable and thoughtful man. The issues of conflict in a country of Australia’s size are endemic, and complex to manage as a result. Armchair critics might do well to reflect on that before slinging their easy salvos.