09 Jun

It is difficult to appreciate the nefarious temptations of Artificial Intelligence without becoming an active user. I have written before about AI and its dangers (or otherwise) but that was before I got actively involved. Now it’s different. Now I’m engaged and consequently I occasionally get very, very cross. I was first persuaded to start […]

01 Jun

In the last week I have had to admit to myself that reading about China, however diligently and widely, is not the same as being in China. In fact, I have been somewhat dismayed by how western media is portraying China to us, because the reality, on the ground, is not the same. This biased […]

18 May

Some things in life are just plain reassuring. Like getting on to one of Copenhagen’s driverless trains and knowing that you will be arriving at your destination at the time Google Maps said you would. And in fact Copenhagen is generally one of those reassuring places. Once I have remembered that cyclists have right of […]

11 May

Ports are wonderful things. I love hanging around them generally, not just for the ships, but for the noise, the buzz, the action, the sense of transition and movement. I think of them as the interface between the land and sea, a place of safety where the business of shipping coincides with the business of […]

04 May

In the past few years both the previous and the current US administration have bought into the idea that China, in particular, has been stealing technology and ideas, and not only that, has been creating their own technology to spy on the US. This deeply paranoid attitude is no doubt partly the result of listening […]