Why we still need a rule-breaking James Bond to cheer on

Detailed summary

The Bond movie franchise urgently needs updating, but the world still craves a bureaucrat-busting daredevil to get the job done.

Who cares about the next James Bond? Well, news organisations seem to think we do. Their sites tell us breathlessly that we can expect a decision any day now.

There’s even a chance that the name will have emerged between my writing this and the date it is published, a few days later. And yet, when was the last time you had a conversation with anyone who seemed to care?

Opening of the article, excerpted from Australian Financial Review. To read the rest, open the article on the publisher's site.