Peter Allitt
Peter Allitt worked within the Victorian Education Department introducing the educational application of computers and information management. Consulted to multiple private and public organisations across Australia around education, strategic planning, information management and organisational change.
Recent articles by Peter Allitt
14 September 2024
Population growth, capitalism, the environment and context
As Andrew Taylor and Supriya Mathew point out in a recent article in P&I, the current indications regarding population growth are that it will shortly begin to decline in the majority of countries during this century and has already done so in the wealthier (first world) countries. This forcefully raises the question of whether this automatically presages improvements for the environment.
20 August 2024
Wars and the interests served
A recent article by Michael MacKinley provides an accurate reflection on the (lack of) value placed on human life by those who propagate war. It brings to mind a statement of the past that, to paraphrase, states “a bayonette is a weapon with a working man on either end.”
6 May 2024
Is environmental disaster inevitable? A reflection on economics and society
Is capitalism capable of long term meaningful reform? This is perhaps the most import of issues to address, given that environmental disaster is becoming an inevitability under the present watch of capitalism.