Whatever Works
unapologetically intellectual, infectiously enthusiastic and painfully sincere (but: funny). expect: considered positions, close readings, heartfelt recommendations and unstoppable blurtings-out of ideas as they come to me
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AI predictions: seven ways you can tell useful thinking from sci-fi fantasies (opens the original)
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you must go on being curious, it is what makes us alive (opens the original)
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it’s surprisingly moving when something is reliable (opens the original)
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"Who Is The Public?" - a conversation with Ritula Shah and Matthew Sweet (opens the original)
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I am publishing a very Marmite novel (opens the original)
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