A scrapbook for my life
Fears of AI have haunted humanity since the very beginning of the computer age. Hitherto these fears focused on machines using physical means to kill, enslave or replace people. But over the past couple of years new tools have emerged that threaten the survival of human civilisation from an unexpected direction. AI has gained some …
"What little I knew of men suggested that they were constitutionally incapable of being alone, terrified of not being admired, and seemed to regard ageing and its effects as a personal failing". Study for Obedience is one of the 13 novels written in English that are shortlisted for this year’s Booker prize. For more information …
I will be featuring this poet in my next podcast. He is a little known but wonderfully evocative writer; back in 1975 I fell in love with "Walking Wounded", a carefully observed poem about war which somehow manages to be both compassionate and dispassionate at the same time. Poetry is due a resurgence. In an …
The Lisbon edition Part 2 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4DvZ3sTkHGwxiLEpD3KQw1?si=jWmulQ3fSmeyImlMXJkwNQ
The greatest dig of all: The past of the self.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2PGo49XDKtO3LZa0qEEduI?si=h9Ma5eINS3iipoeP5LIwcw This is a very different podcast as it consists of a straight conversation between the Soul Mate and I about our wonderful experience of Lisbon with all the highs and lows and hacks and suggestions. Like the city itself this podcast is rough at the edges but full of fun and some hidden gems. …
The one with the wedding https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/2u1pK49qoBb
Eyecatching 