Stirring the ashes of our dreams
We have lost our future and our past, our deep contact with nature, and the belief that we can truly know ourselves. Is it any wonder some feel a tug for the dreaming spires of the Middle Ages? (2400 words)
Category: society
On the kindness of strangers
In a world of rapid change, we all have to rely on strangers to do the right thing. (380 words)
Stardust dreams
We should aspire to go to the stars, even though they might remain forever beyond our reach. (abt. 900 words)
The Yowl! in the machine
Artificial Intelligence will never be enough. A true machine companion will also need empathy and compassion. (4700 words)
Beware the Orwellian Trap
In which I sidle up to the edge and take a peek down the climate conspiracy rabbit hole. (2800 words)
Bubble, bubble, is oil in trouble? The carbon bubble, Part 1
The stuff in the ground only has value today if investors believe it will be burned tomorrow. What happens if those beliefs start to change? (2500 words)
Gaia shrugged
Our experience of the weather is true, but our knowledge of the climate is objective. Why is that distinction so important? (1900 words)
How much can we afford to forget, if we train machines to remember?
Without food we starve, without energy we huddle in the cold. And it is through widespread loss of memory that civilisations are at risk of falling into a looming dark age. (1400 words)
Bubble, bubble, is oil in trouble? The carbon bubble, Part 2
The technological train of energy market disruption has left the station. How fast will it pick up speed? (3200 words)
Bubble, bubble, is oil in trouble? The carbon bubble, Part 3
How big might the bubble be, and who gets hurt if it pops? The trillion pound gorilla. (2200 words)
