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The Cultures Ep 325: AI, How to Start Reading Again
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No comments on The Cultures Ep 325: AI, How to Start Reading AgainListen to episode 325 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: A giant leap forward by DeepMind in AI protein-folding prediction How to start reading again Sorry for the poor audio quality on Adrian’s bits, he accidentally turned down the gain on his mic, and while we were able to boost the volume, that introduced a…
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The Cultures Ep 324: The Death of Flash, and Screen Time
Listen to episode 324 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: The rise and fall of Adobe Flash Flash Game History The ‘Screen Time’ debate
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The Cultures Ep 323: Virtual Travel Instructions
Listen to episode 323 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Look for music from the country Search on BBC Sounds (there’s a prog called World Music Road Trip and also sometimes stuff in From Our Own Correspondent) Also try documentaries, especially Storyville Find the best movie you’ve never seen from that country Internet search for…
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The Cultures Ep 322: TV and Movie Recommendations
Listen to episode 322 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Ghosts (BBC) The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) Upload (Amazon Prime) Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (Viki) After Life (BFI Player)
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The Cultures Ep 321: The BBC and ‘Virtue Signalling’
Listen to episode 321 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: BBC journalists told not to ‘virtue signal’ in social media crackdown (The Guardian) Official BBC social media guidance What Is The Internet Doing To Boomers’ Brains? (Huffpost) The creation of Boris Johnson by Tanya Gold (Unherd)
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Postage Without Printing
Royal Mail recently announced it will start collecting parcels from people’s doorsteps for a small fee. While I understand this is pretty normal in the US, it’s a novelty in the UK and makes sending parcels just that little bit easier – all you need to do is buy your postage online and print out…
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The Cultures Ep 320: VR and Facebook
Listen to episode 320 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Oculus Quest 2 VR headset Oculus now requires a Facebook account Jaron Lanier’s Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Adrian’s mini-review on Twitter
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The Cultures Ep 319: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Listen to episode 319 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (Wikipedia)
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The Cultures Ep 318: Books Books Books
Listen to episode 318 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: We talk about books we’ve recently enjoyed, including: The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 1 Charles Palliser (including The Quincunx) Gilgamesh Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley Logicomix
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On Acedia, and my new book A New History of the Future in 100 Objects
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3–5 minutes·
My new book, A New History of the Future in 100 Objects, is out today, and you can find it at your favourite local bookstore (via Bookshop.org) or Amazon US and Amazon UK. If you’re thinking, “haven’t I read heard of this already?” it’s because this is a new edition of A History of the Future in 100 Objects,…
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