Patrick Wilson

Texan in New Zealand. Law. Ergodicity economics. Risk taking. Governance. Regulatory insights. Trying to do the right thing.

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

Wishing all of you a wonderful, happy, and unpredictable 2025. Hope it is filled with joy, fun, leisure, and personal growth. All my best. Keep on loving life and being your amazing self.
Patrick

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

@JustinFlitter @oskarhowell @SimplicityNz I'll second @SimplicityNz . Great people, great business.

[Luca Dellanna @DellAnnaLuca]

Once again: “Masks didn’t stop infections” is not a good argument towards them not working.

Re-sharing this because I still see misinformation around them.

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

@JamesMarsh79 Agree wholeheartedly. There are so many reasons to be grateful and positive. Hope you, too, have a great weekend, James!

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

Would love to see an initiative like this in New Zealand. @nzpolice @WestpacNZ @TSB_NZ and other NZ banks, something to possibly team up on?

[Luca Dellanna @DellAnnaLuca]

Singapore is a great case study for everyone interested in changing a group’s culture and behavior.

For example, the police was distributing these at bus stops. (Also works great as a deterrent, as scammers know they’re likely to be reported and investigated.)

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[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

NZ has a massive conflict of interest problem (it is not the only country that does). We can demand better. Let's do that.

[Matt Goodman @goodmoine]

ForwardDallas, the update to the city's nearly 20-year-old land use plan, passes 11-4. No votes from: Mayor Eric Johnson; Councilmembers Carolyn King Arnold, Jesse Moreno, and Cara Mendelsohn. Background here, new story tomorrow: https://t.co/tiQyJnSCf0

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

I'll be quite disappointed if the PAC12 doesn't use this opportunity (added Boise, Fresno, San Diego, and Colorado States to existing Oregon and Washington States) to rebrand as the OSS or Organisation of State Schools. Texas and Arizona States, you're next. @legend500

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

@StuartBDonovan Treating housing as a commodity instead of a necessity leads to talking about it like a commodity. Reframe the conversation and get away from commoditisation. Everyone should be able to access housing. Commoditisation prevents that.

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

@StuartBDonovan I lived in both Hataitai and Berhampore (and other places in Welly). Both have good and bad things. Hataitai always felt much windier. Especially with the southerlies. Berhampore felt more damp. B is walking distance to some bars and restaurants and frequent bus, H more community

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

I gotta agree, someone is on their game at NZ Labour.

[Nick @nick_nzl]

This is epic from the @nzlabour TikTok account. #nzpol #newzealandpolitics #nz #politics

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

@jetros337 @lavitalenta Enjoy yourself. Learn for the sake of learning. Find the weird and fun. See how often Dylan and Springsteen (and Luda) are quoted in judicial opinions. Read by a river. Don't compare yourself to your peers. Be unapologetically you. You can still make it as a lawyer. I did.

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

@trishankkarthik Sorry you have to go through it again. Get well soon!

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

@Lu47Ki The book that speaks to you in a way you understand and can do somwthing with. Small Is Beautiful was one of them for me.

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

@EarnWhere It does. It often takes the body a while to adjust. My trick was to do push ups and planks as soon as waking up, then a cup of tea and a walk.

[Patrick Wilson @WilsonAirLaw]

@FitFounder Growing to this mindset helped a ton. It is a gift to go to the gym or go for a run. I feel grateful every day I can.

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Degree of New Zealand by Country