Desperate Joe

Why did George Orwell call his novel “1984”?

I don’t think the public fully appreciates the impact AI will have on the jobs market.

It all started with the brutal killing of three young girls in Southport a week ago but that was only the beginning.

John Lennon 45 years ago

Just over one week ago, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally topped the first round of the French legislative election. One week later, in round two, we are asked to believe they trailed in third with all hope of exercising power in the National Assembly gone. How could this happen and what does it mean for France? What happened?

When I was young, I was taught that “sticks and stones can break my bones, but names can never hurt me’. At one level that is true, but one lesson brought into sharp relief by the public execution of Charlie Kirk is that words are enough to trigger some people into murderous action.