George Patrick Richard Benson

BC continues to debate the opportunities, costs, and need for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an export. Both the climate and economic benefits are overstated, and represent not only a serious risk, but also diversion of needed resources.

The number of Canadians living in raw, material deprivation appears to be decreasing as compared to spikes in the 1990s, but the ability of low-income Canadians to participate in the benefits of increased economic outputs in relative terms appears fairly flat. We need more solutions to address this.

AI companies are drawing on massive datasets to build large language models (LLM), often breaking various aspects of copyright law. We need new and better systems to share the value created from these kinds of systems.

I am trying to write differently. Here’s how I think I might do it.

In 2021, I was diagnosed with ADHD. This is what I learned about myself before, during, and after.

Some reflections on January 6, 2021.

An overview of 2020 Vancouver Climate Emergency Action Plan and what its tangible impacts could mean for everyday people.

Cities have needed more money for decades, but COVID is showing how acute that need has become - and what we might do to address it.

Some reflections on traveling in Chicago.