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The current Ashes series has just finished with a 4-1 defeat for England. I watched a bit of it. I noted that the Australian team appeared to be emotionally tougher with a hardened mentality compared to the English team which looked a bit lost and a bit soft. And we know that England has …
As someone who uses AI and has become familiar with its language, I can confidently say that I can recognise the language of AI. It is very particular: a little flowery, overcooked. AI tries too hard to write excellent text and produces language that is slightly unnatural. Yes, it is excellent in terms of …
The Quiet Fracture: Are Societies on the Edge? This is a discussion about the beginnings of anarchy. How it happens and how there are tiny grass roots signs of it happening in the UK and perhaps strangely, Melbourne, Australia. Societies rarely collapse suddenly. Instead, they fracture slowly, in ways that are subtle but telling: …
Prince Andrew: The Indulged Prince and the Making of a Black Sheep Andrew has been in the news lately. A lot. Once the press get hold of a story they don’t let go. They milk it to destruction which is why the King has stepped in late in the day and obtained Andrew’s agreement …
Oct 7 was the anniversary of the diabolical Hamas attacks on Israelis living on a kibbutz not far from the Gaza-Israel border. Many in Britain wanted to protest against what they see as the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza in retribution by the Israeli government for the Hamas atrocities. On Oct 2 a terrorist …
News media today reports: “Protests supporting banned terror group Palestine Action were ‘almost gloating over the Yom Kippur attack’, the Board of Deputies of British Jews has said.” The entirely peaceful Palestine Action protests are about freedom of speech. They want to undo the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation which it …
I think that the positive impact of ChatGPT on low-income countries is one of the great success stories of this era. ChatGPT adoption rates in low-income countries are growing at more than four times the rate of high-income countries, highlighting its increasing accessibility worldwide. – ChatGPT In low-income countries, access to reliable information, education, …
Yes, from my perspective Britain as a whole does at times seem broken. Or at least the services on offer seem to fail too often. A lot of people refer to ‘Broken Britain’. It is a great generalisation and means things no longer work in this nation. A kind of malaise hangs over the …
