So Long, Nerds – A Meditation On Gaming

So Long, Nerds – A Meditation On Gaming

I’m taking a break from writing about energy today – sometimes you just need to switch off and clear your head. Seeing teenagers on their video games brings out a range of reactions – they “are a waste of time”, “full of gratuitous violence”, “disconnect...
The Bone Clocks

The Bone Clocks

So from hard-core economics to… mainstream fiction. Not my cup-of-tea at all, but was recommended as the final section describes a dystopian future (2043).  Pleasingly, this isn’t just sea-level rise and AGW , but a quite realistic vision of a world post the...
The End of Normal

The End of Normal

James K Galbraith is an established academic, and is also the son of John Kenneth Galbraith This is a bit of a slog – it is very academic. Thesis is that post-war to 2008 GFC was one system, and that since then neither austerity or stimulus has been unable to prevent...