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A confession: I’ve been feeling rather down of late. I am well aware thatI’m not the only one. It is 2020, after all. This is a year that is finally delivering on the dystopian promises of late-20th-century science fiction. And I should be clear that by.
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The usefulness of useless knowledge
Of honey bees, long shots, and the usefulness of useless knowledge...
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What if AI just makes us work harder?
In a column in January about the paradox of work, I recalled the immortal Douglas Adams joke about working conditions: the hours are good, but
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The paradox of work
In the late 1930s, the Roosevelt administration embarked on a curious project. Officials hired thousands of unemployed writers to produce guidebooks, children's books, local histories, collections of folklore and a variety of other essays. Some of these w
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How British Queues Got Out of Hand
As a way of dealing with high demand, the age-old practice of forming a long, orderly queue has something to be said for it: simplicity, transparency and equal treatment for all. But no matter how much the British are said to love a queue, you can have to
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