A new dawn in how we build [extract from an article by David Thompson in The Atlantic, Dec 2022] The story of the year in technology might be the emergence of AI tools that seem to trace the outer bounds of human creativity. Image-generating apps, such as Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2, turn text prompts …
Trump’s foolish Bible stunt
My friend Michael Jensen weighs in on the U.S. President’s latest ill-conceived publicity stunt: As someone who proudly owns the name ‘Bible-believing’ Christian, I don’t think I’ve ever been more offended by a political leader than by President Trump’s waving around of the Bible as a stage prop in his pantomime of power. Well, not …
How would you respond to authoritarianism?
Would you stand up to an oppressive regime or would you conform? Here’s the science. Image source: Forbes
How to have an impossible conversation
Recently I found a review of a book by Peter Boghossian and James A. Lindsay, titled Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide (2019). Here's an excerpt from the review: In our polarised political climate, people on opposite sides of an ideological divide often consume different media, follow different pundits, consult different sources. Since sensationalism sells—colourful …
Attending to the national soul
I’m at the official book launch for the second volume of this extraordinary book by Stuart Piggin and Robert Linder, and I can confirm that I’m quoted on page 545 in relation to freedom of religion. So definitely a book worth buying! Buy a copy: Amazon Koorong
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