I’d like to think that computers are neutral, a tool like any other… But there is something in the system itself, in the formal logic of programs and data, that recreates the world in its own image. the computer is not really like us. It is a projection of a very slim part of ourselves: that portion devoted to logic, order, rule and clarity. We place this small projection of ourselves all around us, and we make ourselves reliant on it. the more we surround ourselves with a narrowed notion of existence, the more narrow existence becomes. We conform to the range of motion the system allows. We must be more orderly, more logical. Answer the question, Yes or No, OK or Cancel. We think we are creating the system, but the system is also creating us. We build the system, we live in its midst, and we are changed.
The unintended consequences of a cashless society
17 November, 2017Tags
How might the informal economy be affected by the advent of a cashless society?
Knowledge Is Dead, Long Live Learning
10 November, 2017Tags
Introducing the Knowledge Funeral - an opportunity to mourn and celebrate the passing of our obsolete skills
Socialism might arrive by bicycle, but it won't be wearing Lycra
17 October, 2017Tags
Is cycling a socialist act? Politics, plebs, punctures, and the contrast between Jeremy Corbyn and Jeremy Clarkson
Parental Phone Addiction
06 October, 2017Tags
Why are so many parents addicted to their phones? Why are we so afraid of boredom? Why am I deleting Twitter from my phone?
Things I've learned from 50 Parkruns
12 September, 2017Tags
I recently reached a goal that, for a long time, I never knew existed, and never imagined I’d care about. I’ve made it to 50 Parkruns. I’ve…
Bolting the stable door with barriers on bridges, bins and bike lanes
12 August, 2017Tags
After the recent terrorist attack at London Bridge, safety barriers appeared, as if by magic, on the bridges over the Thames. Protecting…
Learning to Lead, Learning to Listen
26 June, 2017Tags
Reporting from the Lead Developer conference London 2017
Red lights at night, cyclist's delight? Overthinking the ethics of cycling again
18 June, 2017Tags
On the moral dilemma facing a cyclist at an empty set of traffic lights in the middle of the night.
A blurry look into the future
21 March, 2017Tags
A tour of the London lab of Capgemini’s Applied Innovation Exchange
Why is it more expensive to be poor?
21 March, 2017Like many British people, I’m mildly obsessed with the class system. But something we don’t talk about enough is the paradox that having…
