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Anglo-Saxon countries are often heaped together as having a single culture. When it comes to migration, attitudes to sex, teenage-pregnancy, inequality, language, and bellicosity, that...

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Is the end of Brexit nigh?

Paul Frijters

December 8, 2017December 8, 2017

The EU and the UK government have just agreed to muddle on in their negotiations. Nothing is truly decided until everything is decided, but they...

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Why Blockchain has no economic future.

Paul Frijters

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017

[expanded from the post on JohnMenadue] When Bitcoin went public in 2009 it introduced to the world of finance and economics the technology of blockchain....

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The #MeToo moment: another disaster for the Democrats?

Paul Frijters

October 30, 2017

The #MeToo flood of stories of women who feel abused by men – ranging from lurid stares to straightforward rape – seems like a disaster...

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Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence.

Paul Frijters

September 23, 2017

[Note to self. Geeks only] Over the fold I muse on the nature of human intelligence, social intelligence, and the options for artificial intelligence to...

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Some Game of Thrones Season 8 speculation

Paul Frijters

September 2, 2017September 4, 2017

Let me indulge, purely for entertainment value, in some fan-speculation on what we will see on-screen after the Long Night is over and the final...

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Would sortition help against corruption?

Paul Frijters

May 11, 2016

Political parties and institutions in Australia and the US are increasingly dominated by interest groups representing the few, leading to a large policy-induced increase in...