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The Cultures Ep 277: Laziness, Can a Robot be Jewish?, Surviving Winter
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No comments on The Cultures Ep 277: Laziness, Can a Robot be Jewish?, Surviving WinterListen to episode 277 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: What is “lazy”, anyway? Can a robot be Jewish? How do you survive winter?
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The Cultures Ep 276: Are Sports Sexist, V+A Dundee and Showcase Museums
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Listen to episode 276 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Are sports sexist? V&A Dundee and the problem of showcase museums (Pitt Rivers Museum, Sir John Soane’s Museum, Whose Culture Is It, Anyway? by Kwame Anthony Appiah)
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The Cultures Ep 275: Solar Power, Climate Change
Listen to episode 275 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: A brief note on scheduling Solar power Climate change (Scotland is rising – literally) Note: No Naomi this ep
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The Cultures Ep 274: US Elections, Brexit
Listen to episode 274 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: The US Election: a step back from the brink Brexit Note: No Naomi this ep
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The Cultures Ep 273: Diablo III, Return of the Obra Dinn
Listen to episode 273 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Diablo III (Diablo Mobile controversy) Return of the Obra Dinn (Papers, Please) Note: No Andrea this ep
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The Cultures Ep 272: Racists on a Plane, HSBC Silicon Valley Diary, Tiny Conferences
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Listen to episode 272 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Racists on a Plane The glorious diary of a Silicon Valley HSBC exec (Metafilter discussion, Dealbreaker parody) Let’s plan a Tiny Conference Note: No Andrea this ep
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The Cultures Ep 271: Andrea gets LASIK, Starting a Bookstore, Self-Driving Cars
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Listen to episode 271 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Andrea gets LASIK! So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Space? A Cautionary Tale Google’s self-driving car Note: No Naomi this ep
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The Cultures Ep 270: Zettelkasten, Meaningless Rituals and Self-Control, Data Sabbath
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Listen to episode 270 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Zettelkasten (Naomi’s book, Notational Velocity) Meaningless rituals increase self-control Data Sabbath (Screen Time on iOS, Digital Wellbeing on Android) Note: No Andrea this ep
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The Cultures Ep 269: Moral foundations of DRM vs. Copyleft, XOXO Festival
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Listen to episode 269 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Moral foundations of DRM vs. copyleft XOXO Festival Note: No Naomi this ep
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Double Booking Dark Pattern on AirBnB
I recently booked a single night stay in London with AirBnB, who promptly told me on completion of payment that I already had a booking confirmed for that night, and would I like to cancel one of them? It’s easy to cancel, but you don’t get a full refund; AirBnB keep the booking fee, which was…