Gary Ling, Digital Producer, Data Monetiser, Political Savant, Information Economist, Solution Seller, Business Strategist.
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Why I stand up for Inequality

12/5/2017

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Anthony Valgimiglo Asks: Whilst happy to make number four on your list, Gary, I have to ask why you stand for InEquality? Some mistake, surely??

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Thanks for this. No mistake Anthony. If you live a country which has #Liberty #Law #Opportunity there will always be #Inequality. You can't 'stand for' the first three and not speak up in favour of Inequality.  Of course, then you get into arguments about 'equality of opportunity'. That's hokum too because that's an impossible state. It doesn't mean we shouldn't try to create as many opportunities for people as we can. And guess what? The way you do this is through making sure that we live in a society which promotes Law and Liberty and Opportunity. 


I remember only too well standing for Parliament in 1992 and parroting all the briefing papers on education about equality of opportunity sent to me by Conservative Central Office. No-one was a bigger ‘nurture’ over ‘nature’ person than me. Then several years later I had my own kids and saw almost immediately that they had a hell of a lot of inherited traits from the way they scratch their nose, to the way they mentally approach problems. Right now I say it's 70/30 in favour of ‘nature’ in determining 'Equality' outcomes within the same society constructs. This doesn’t mean that those 'nature' characteristics can’t be ameliorated or managed but a certain innate intelligence (not solely academic) is baked in. If you factor in how much a child is loved and encouraged, where it lives and how much a kid’s parents value education and experiences and (insidiously) how well they are connected, you’re bound to get inequality. I don’t like, and try not to overly practice the last of these (what a cop out!), but my support for Law and Liberty and Opportunity means I stand up and respect, if not delight in the difference in equality caused by the others.  
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Muslim Trouble? Look at Indonesia...

18/8/2014

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“Wherever you go in the World”, blurted my mate supping cider, “these bloody  #Muslims are trouble!” I considered this statement and having had a few sups myself, was tempted to agree. Islam bans alcohol and doesn't allow sports where women (or men for that matter) wear shorts. That’s definitely a downer in my book. But even with my analytical faculties reduced I thought of #Indonesia. This country has world’s biggest Muslim population and just elected a new president in a feisty democratic plebiscite. So whilst many Muslim countries are both bloody and in trouble, my mate's statement just doesn’t cut it.

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China's Heihe–Tengchong Line

14/8/2014

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I am intrigued by this map of the  so-called Heihe–Tengchong Line that is making the rounds of the English tweeting  Chinese commentators that I follow. It shows that according to 2002 statistics, west of the line, 57% of the area is inhabited by only 6% of the Chinese population, east of the  line, 43% of the area, is inhabited by the majority 94% of Chinese the population. Apparently these percentages are little  changed from 1935 which is probably why the CPC are making such a great effort to  build infrastructure in the West and are improving transport links such as high-speed rail. This graphic should make #India and #Russia feel much more comfortable about the future war over resources (water in particular) in the Far East. As the heat map shows, any serious movements of military or civilian people to the West and North West of China to threaten these countries will be easy to spot.


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It's Migration Stupid!

26/6/2014

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The latest UK ‘Issue’ polling confounds the pollsters and political elite by showing that ‘Immigration’ is now the most important issue facing the country. It is to the credit of the British people that they are dead right. Immigration is the most important because it drives every other issue from immigrant labour displacing indigenous workers and moderating wages to putting pressure on UK infrastructure. In fact, migration is the most important issue facing policy makers worldwide – scratch the surface of any other and the effects of the movement of people will be in there somewhere.

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This Wonderful 'Self Help' Book Improved My Emotional Intelligence

13/3/2014

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How do you choose your friends? Of course, this question is context specific. For example, if I was back on the streets of Northern Ireland (see "Military Balls"), a friend is a fellow army officer who had balls of steel and fearlessly defused those pesky IEDs. But would he still be a decent companion for me today? Someone who understands the ebbs and flows of humanity in the modern globalised world, from the ground up. Someone I would invite round to my house to have dinner and interesting conversation with on a precious Saturday night? No balls of steel required here, just high EQ! Here’s a tool that will sniff this out ...

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