In Praise of Laziness
Why the world is for the quick and the clever.It [...]
Humour is a funny thing
Horace Walpole said, “Imagination was given to man to compensate [...]
Inspiration is everywhere
‘We do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what [...]
Everything changes and everything stays the same
If you’ve read your King James version of the Bible [...]
Why do people with IQs of 160 end up working for people with IQs of 100?
It’s not how smart we are, but how we are [...]
Getting to the bottom of paper
I’m convinced the paperless society is a mirage. It’s on [...]
Saved by the pluck of the Irish
During the Dark Ages, ….. “as the Roman Empire fell, [...]
30 Years in Cyberspace
It’s taken 30 years for us to realise we can [...]
Alien abduction and elections
I’ve long thought it curious that of the millions who [...]
Entrepreneurship and the Karmasutra
Entrepreneurship is like the Karmasutra, reading about it is not [...]
Turnadot meets Terminator
“The truth is that grand opera as we know it [...]
Lotion Sickness
“When released into the bathroom, feminine toiletries, hygiene and skin-care [...]
Marmalade and MC2
If creative people performed open-heart surgery, rather than follow the [...]
You’re drinking what you’re thinking
I detest wine snobs, those who think the juice of [...]
Where do ideas come from?
For me a lot of my memory is stored in [...]
Riots, Crowds, Tulips and Tipping Points
When leadership is misguided, malign or missing, problems arise. Witness [...]
Preparing for an Upsidedown World
With most media focusing on Covid-19, I seem to be [...]
Is the global economy a Ponzi Scheme?
“It sounds like a Ponzi Scheme doesn’t it? But if [...]
Never Waste a Good Crisis
In these troubled times, with Covid19’s deadly tentacles creeping across [...]
Lessons We Should Learn From Lockdown
“… success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, [...]
Beethovens Banker
We all remember Beethoven and his work, but no one [...]
