Will New Zealanders join Trump's alternative app echo chamber?
Opinion

Peter Griffin: Will New Zealanders join Trump's alternative app echo chamber?

The protests at parliament have shown that many people willingly inhabit a world of alternative facts and misinformation. 

Peter Griffin 24 Feb 2022
Where are the workers to power the digital revolution?
Opinion

Peter Griffin: Where are the workers to power the digital revolution?

Kiwis are looking for more flexible options to learn and these need to be increasingly on offer, particularly when it comes to reskilling people for digital roles and upskilling the existing workforce to embrace new technologies.

Peter Griffin 17 Feb 2022
Pay attention – how big tech has stolen your ability to focus
The Life Free

Pay attention – how big tech has stolen your ability to focus

The social media giants are using ever more sophisticated algorithms to drive us to constant distraction says author Johann Hari.

Peter Griffin 13 Feb 2022
Crypto-shenanigans meets disaster capitalism in the Pacific
Opinion

Peter Griffin: Crypto-shenanigans meets disaster capitalism in the Pacific

Tonga’s lawmakers will this year consider plans to follow in El Salvador’s footsteps to make bitcoin currency legal tender.

Peter Griffin 10 Feb 2022