The Dumb, the Democrat and the Expert
The people have spoken and the “Brexit Election” campaign of the Conservatives in the UK will go down as one of the most successful in recent history. The number crunching will go…
Behaviour
Even in 2019, some are more equal than others
Dave Rawlings says there’s merit in the idea that we want the brightest among us to be running things, but poses the question: do we really want the greedy in power? I…
Leadership and the power of metaphor
As a general rule it’s important to avoid ‘mind reading’ or assuming you know what another person is thinking, writes Dave Rawlings. At first sight it might look like a variety of…
Humanity may not be hard-wired for success
Engineers and scientists are working on rapidly evolving AI technologies with sometimes little or no oversight. Where are these technocrats taking us, asks James Fitzgerald. When is software not software, asked the…
AI provokes revolutionary minds
Artificial intelligence is no longer the sole preserve of data scientists and science fiction writers, with its technological applications now pervading daily life, says James Fitzgerald. The “Fourth Industrial Revolution”…
Facing the future
Dave Rawlings helps get around that perennial problem……….When resolution is not enough! Are you looking forward to 2018 in hope and anticipation or in fear and trepidation? That might depend on whether…
Moving on up the evolutionary scale
When challenging ideas take root old assumptions wither, writes Dave Rawlings. When popular uprisings swept North Africa and the Middle East in 2010 and populations set about inventing new societies, I found…
Life and politics: a war of words
Political parties create conflict, always highlighting the differences between them. There’s no political advantage in finding common ground, writes Dave Rawlings. An earlier article has looked at how each of us lives…
When worlds collide
Taking the beliefs of others on board, trying them on as a temporary experiment, is the key to understanding their view of the world, writes David Rawlings. The murderous attacks in Manchester…
You say you want a revolution
Populists have succeeded in making people feel that they belong to a group that feels what they feel, writes David Rawlings. The wave of populism that is said to be engulfing the…