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It's not hard to see the effects of post-industrialisation in Britain. Today's Observer carried a vivid account of its effects in Ebbw Vale, a once-thriving steel town. And there are some sensible suggestions about how to deal with the aftermath, as well as the next…
Continue reading...I'm a great supporter of driverless cars. I think they have the potential to dramatically change the world, making much better use of resources, revolutionising mobility for all and radically improving our towns and cities. Paradoxically, however, I am not so keen on Phillip Hammond's…
Continue reading...This is a post over which I have been pondering for quite a while. While the debate rages on daily about whether AI (specifically AGI) is humanity's great saviour or the biggest existential threat we all face, several stories which have emerged over the past…
Continue reading...One sentence in one article I read this last week caused me to sit up and reflect more, I think, than any other: "Carmakers are threatened more by the end of the combustion engine than by Brexit." Just a throw-away line in a story by…
Continue reading...The unforeseen nature of Donald Trump's victory yesterday, and before that of the Brexit Leave Campaign, say something quite profound about the way in which US and UK populations now consume their information and form their views. As the Independent said today, it was the…
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