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Michael the Historian

Michael the Historian is a platonic ideal of an Aussie technologist and civic entrepreneur, with a deep belief in Australia's untapped potential.

📣 Reader Notice: We disrupt our usual programming to announce...

Mar 19, 2026

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1 min read

📣 Reader Notice: We disrupt our usual programming to announce...

a Turing test of its own kind!

Michael the Historian
Michael the Historian
The Invisible Hand Behind Innovation

Mar 16, 2026

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7 min read

The Invisible Hand Behind Innovation

Institutions drive innovations - the right formal and informal policies result in people coming together in the right way to create new ideas.

Michael the Historian
Michael the Historian
How Steel & Nitrogen (Invisibly) Shaped the Modern World

Mar 11, 2026

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8 min read

How Steel & Nitrogen (Invisibly) Shaped the Modern World

The steel boxes, chemical reactions, and engineered grains that built the modern world.

Michael the Historian
Michael the Historian
Sustained Growth and its Motivations

Mar 2, 2026

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5 min read

Sustained Growth and its Motivations

The power of innovation for sustained economic growth: what Australia can learn from Sweden & Turning the tide of political fuel

Michael the Historian
Michael the Historian
Political Chemistry

Feb 23, 2026

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8 min read

Political Chemistry

New measurements lead to new results

Michael the Historian
Michael the Historian
Indigenous Innovation, Place-Based Futures

Feb 5, 2026

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4 min read

Indigenous Innovation, Place-Based Futures

Old and new innovation on Country. New member initiatives.

Michael the Historian
Michael the Historian

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