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A collection of 53 posts

culture

Romantic Chess

Battle simulation, allegory, romantic pursue, and ‘the Immortal Game of 1851’.

sleep

Smart Sleep

The mythology, technology, and commercialism of our slumbers.

poetry

Guesthouse

A poem about the Guesthouse at Ballyman

culture

Myra’s Memories

Reflections on my great-great aunt’s memoirs, family titbits, and perspectives on the coronavirus

food

Personal Diets

Why are we turning out diets into personality traits?

culture

Returning to Trees

A wander through the science and symbolism of majestic oaks, as we search for a way home to forests.

food

How Meat made us Human

Eating more meat made us human. Now our survival demands we eat less of it.

Education

Moral Brakes

Our incomplete education could end the world. Can the humanities save us from ourselves?

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Training

Are AI trained with computers and data? Yes — but first, you need a human.

culture

Frame of Reference

Can diagnoses depend on your doctor’s mother tongue?

Activism

Extinction Rebellion

The new climate movement that thinks Greenpeace isn’t green enough.

Calendar

The Emperor’s Calendar

In Japan, an year is more than just a number. But is this culturally rich system still relevant today?

Art

Before Pixels

Long before JPEGs, typewriting and knitting were making pictures from dots.

culture

Lines of Type

The old type of printing-press is gone — but the lines they made us say are still very much around.

anthropology

First Words

Humans dream of contacting aliens — but will we understand what they’re saying?

Books

Thinking Outside the Books

A library without librarians, a bookshelf without books, and other wonders of the modern word.

Bitcoin

Trust Money

You can’t always trust people to pay you — but what if you could trust the money itself?

Astronomy

Night Light

Darkness is just the absence of photons. Or is it?

culture

Tech Savvy

Are today’s people really more tech-savvy? Or is it the other way round?

Books

Book Design

I was reading a ‘book’ the other day. It was designed quite well.

culture

Road Rules

No jaywalking allowed? Actually, roads were for people. Here’s how the cars took over.

Books

Soundless Words

In order to truly read quickly, we need a language that’s seen and not heard.

culture

Mumbling Music

How do you pick up a tune, and hold it in your hand?

culture

The Purple Sky

Light, sight, and why things may not be the same colours they look.

culture

The Littlest Language

What you speak is what you think. Or is it the other way round?