Brett Douglas

I work in financial software development. Agile software development is a haven for the neurodiverse. Finance suits my interests in mathematics and economics, and my need for complex problems to solve.

My activist background was in single-issue campaigns in the 1980s-90s that aimed to change public opinion, such as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Anti-Apartheid Movement.

Since then, humanity's primary self-inflicted existential threat moved from nuclear war to the climate emergency.

While existential threats are always the priority, I believe that within capitalism all progressive changes are at risk of being rolled back, and lasting change can only be assured within a democratic economy.

I'm keen to work with others on new ideas for expanding the democratic economy.