Feb 3Sideways Looks #31: AI is Boring (Script), also Bears Redux Hallo from Ljubljana, Slovenia, where I am attending this year's UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. (If any of...
Jan 1Sideways Looks #30: 2023/24 Reflections, also Breakfast HabitsThe annual stock-take of the year, featuring employment, immigration, and learning good habits.
May 22, 2022Sideways Looks #22: Tech Fought The Law, and the Law LostHello, This post is about technology and breaking the law (feat. Elon Musk). It’s a bit depressing, but there’s stuff about Eurovision...
Jul 11, 2021Sideways Looks #10: Should we say 'Whaargh' more often? Also, Elton JohnThis week - some social science about putting feelings into words
Jun 19, 2021Sideways Looks #7: Invite to a Data Party, also SpaceThis week - unveiling an 🎉 🖥️ Interactive Election Manifesto Dashboard 🖥️ 🍾.
May 28, 2021Benjamin Button and the Deep State: Political Ageing and the End of the World (Nine Dots Prize)My essay responding to the 2021/22 Nine Dots question "What does it mean to be young in an ageing world?"
Jul 1, 2020Radical Ratchets & Social Sat-Navs: Flexible Routes to Better WorldsA longform piece, a bit cynical and also a bit idealistic, in response to various claims that Covid will definitely change everything. As...