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Shunning Big Tech and Firms Complicit in Harm
Aligning our words with our actions at an individual level.
Feb 4
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Innovation, Power, and Politics
On the importance of grappling with the systems underneath.
Jan 28
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Tom Goldsmith
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The Performance of Ritual: The Hypocrisy of Carney's Davos Speech
A deep look at Mark Carney's speech in Davos “Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path”
Jan 21
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The Imperial Boomerang
And the need to break the cycle
Jan 16
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Tom Goldsmith
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July-December Book Reading Roundup
Highlights from books I've read over the second half of the year
Dec 17, 2025
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Tom Goldsmith
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"The collapse of connection itself"
Canada and Israel's surveillance state in Gaza.
Dec 5, 2025
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Tom Goldsmith
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New Research on Immigration, Diversity, and Innovation
Surprise, surprise, diversity drives innovation.
Dec 3, 2025
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Tom Goldsmith
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By Standing Still, We Go Backwards
Declining research and innovation productivity puts us on the backfoot even before we get to other challenges.
Nov 26, 2025
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Tom Goldsmith
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Digging More into the State of Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation
Some highlights (or lowlights) from the CCA's recent recent report.
Nov 21, 2025
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Tom Goldsmith
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Things Be Grim: The State of Science, Technology and Innovation in Canada in 2025
Some quick takeaways from the new CCA Report
Nov 19, 2025
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Tom Goldsmith
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Friday Reading Roundup #19
Productivity, theories of change, digital sovereignty, and a tech agenda for New York.
Nov 14, 2025
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Tom Goldsmith
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Culture and Communities
The arts and culture sector is a powerful economic driver - but faces similar pressures to those of Canada's wider innovation industries.
Nov 12, 2025
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Tom Goldsmith
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"We must chart a new path, as bold as the one we have already traveled"
On Budget 2025 and Mamdani's very different articulation of what is needed in this moment.
Nov 7, 2025
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Tom Goldsmith
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[Repost] Zohran Mamdani's Politics of Care
Reflections on Mamdani's victory and how that relates to how we think about innovation and the economy in Canada
Nov 5, 2025
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