We stand idle in the heat Crammed onto a platform waiting for a train delayed by 10 minutes The platform…
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Leisure not work is our true calling – Betrand Russell in Praise of Idleness
Not long ago leisure was held in greater esteem than work. Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, De Tocqueville and more recently Barry Jones all…
Computers are taking our jobs – again
There’s been a lot of chatter in the media recently about AI (Artificial Intelligence), mechanisation, and driverless cars taking all…
Sleepers went back to work
Recently I have been reading Barry Jones’ Sleepers Wake – Technology and the future of work, written in 1982 it…
Banks do create money from thin air
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