Mime, misdirection and pyramid of code
The Gregorian revolution gave rise to a form of organisation that was gradually stamped out all over the Western world and then to its followers. Constitutional...
Sleep promotion takes off globally
I recently published this musing in my Substack newsletter. And coming across a further free kick from the policy world — something that would have...
Democracy: doing it for ourselves
https://youtu.be/6uPex480hRU Above is the video of a presentation I made at NESTA in London on 15th November with discussants Claire Mellior and Martin Wolf. I...
The David Solomon Lecture: Government 2.0 a couple of years on . . .
https://youtu.be/ftssK9b8WFI Finding a formatting mess when I looked this up on Troppo, I've reposted it here for the record. I'm a bit embarrassed by my...
A metaphor, a hack, a ladder: On the difficulty of telling yourself the truth
I wrote a couple of pieces for apolitical a few years ago, but didn’t persevere. I then got an invitation to discuss my experience with...
Metaphysical Animals: a feminist masterpiece?
'A wonderful, important and also a necessary book, which sets the records straight... and celebrates a remarkable quartet of women thinkers' Peter Conradi I’ve previously...
Me on investing and innovation policy at #Tech23
In 2011 I think it was, I presented Kaggle to Tech23 an organisation that held an annual awards and rewards process for the best start-ups....