So you want a Social License... What is it? What's it good for? And where can you get one?
The all powerful, very cool. and dare I say it, mystical Social License!
Not everyone can have one. But more about that later.
So what is a Social License?
A Social License gives you permission to comment on subjects that you have no training in but feel your opinions are better than people who've studied and researched the area for 10, 12 or even 20 years. So, you might feel strongly about Tasmanian Devils, and with a Social License your views are given equal weight with those of a Professor of Zoology! How cool is that?
What's a Social License good for?
Aside from the obvious power, you can use it just about however you like. In essence what you say becomes "reality"! Imagine you really hate Gunns. When they say they want to make clean Green electricity with a Biomass Generator your Social License allows you to say "Gunns should leaving saving the Planet to the people who care about it" and get it published in National News Media. That is amazing you say? Well, Gunns doesn't have a Social License and you have. So even though you know nothing about anything other than feel-good mother-craft statements you're in there, instant power!
How to get a Social License.
Not everyone can have a Social License. Obviously, you have to be "better". And that's the secret to getting a Social License. You have to be special, have special powers and knowledge. But not real knowledge, that's for intellectuals. The best way to get a Social License is to join a pseudo-political group that's got a few spare. We're talking Australian Conservation Foundation, The Greens, The Tasmanian Greens (they have heaps, just lying around), The Wilderness Society etc. But you don't just get a Social License, you get access to dozens of slightly woolly brained potential sexual partners! Score!
Not everyone can have one. But more about that later.
So what is a Social License?
A Social License gives you permission to comment on subjects that you have no training in but feel your opinions are better than people who've studied and researched the area for 10, 12 or even 20 years. So, you might feel strongly about Tasmanian Devils, and with a Social License your views are given equal weight with those of a Professor of Zoology! How cool is that?
What's a Social License good for?
Aside from the obvious power, you can use it just about however you like. In essence what you say becomes "reality"! Imagine you really hate Gunns. When they say they want to make clean Green electricity with a Biomass Generator your Social License allows you to say "Gunns should leaving saving the Planet to the people who care about it" and get it published in National News Media. That is amazing you say? Well, Gunns doesn't have a Social License and you have. So even though you know nothing about anything other than feel-good mother-craft statements you're in there, instant power!
How to get a Social License.
Not everyone can have a Social License. Obviously, you have to be "better". And that's the secret to getting a Social License. You have to be special, have special powers and knowledge. But not real knowledge, that's for intellectuals. The best way to get a Social License is to join a pseudo-political group that's got a few spare. We're talking Australian Conservation Foundation, The Greens, The Tasmanian Greens (they have heaps, just lying around), The Wilderness Society etc. But you don't just get a Social License, you get access to dozens of slightly woolly brained potential sexual partners! Score!
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