Weaponising of Woke
How woke is my meal? And how did we get to a point where we are concerned with the ‘wokeness’, or otherwise, of edibles?
Author: Jane Shearer
Purpose
Why did we walk from the the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Sea on the south coast of Spain? Probably no good reason, but that’s humans for you.
Taylor Swift Everywhere
Taylor Swift is as ubiquitous as AI but no more immune to its effects than the rest of the population.
AI Everywhere
How fast is AI developing? Faster than I, or Geoffrey Hinton – the ‘father of AI’ – would have believed. Here’s a story of AI chatbots replacing friends that shifted from fiction to fact in less than 5 years.
How Far Do We Have to Go?
There are so many ways to measure how far you have to walk, metric is easiest but links, chains and furlongs are entertaining.
Natural Hydrogen – what the H2?
Why the excitement over natural hydrogen that’s bubbled up in New Zealand? Is this the clean green energy of the future? Or a speculator’s dream? And why are Shane Jones and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer debating who might own it?
When in Norway…
As well as seeing fantastic arctic Norwegian scenery, we’ve learned a little about Norwegian culture while ski touring. Here are some highlights…
Reverence
Have the majority of humans collectively lost our sense of reverence for the wild? For environments we are not actively managing? Has sci-tech been a significant driver of that loss?
Only A Spider
Why are human lives considered to be so much more valuable than lives of animals, whatever state a human is in?
Cyclists Can Do Anything
What can you transport with a bike? Plenty, including a walking frame. And if you shift a walker on a bike what are you? Mad? Or lucky?