Hello World

Hello World

by | Jun 30, 2021 | Book Review

Algorithms are regularly in the news, for example the algorithm that unfairly downgraded tens of thousands of GCSEs and A-Level students or Cambridge Analytica influencing the 2016 US elections. However, algorithms are influencing more aspects of our everyday lives...
Entitled

Entitled

by | May 30, 2021 | Book Review

All kinds of phenomena, from incels committing acts of murder to the undertreatment of women’s pain, can be traced back to the sense of entitlement men are often conditioned to feel, whether it be to power, knowledge and admiration, or care and bodily autonomy. This...
AI Superpowers

AI Superpowers

by | May 30, 2021 | Book Review

We are currently experiencing the ‘AI race’, as both the US and China vie to be seen as the world leaders in the new technologies that will reshape much of our world. Much like the arms and space races between the US and USSR decades ago, this race has led to rapid...
Educated

Educated

by | May 30, 2021 | Book Review

The path from the mountains of Idaho, part of a family of survivalists, to the halls of Cambridge University is one many would label as impossible to travel. Having no formal education, instead working in her father’s junkyard and with her herbalist mother throughout...
Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

by | May 30, 2021 | Book Review

Why are bad habits so easy to form, and so difficult to break? Why is the formation of good, lasting habits so hard? James Clear provides a clear roadmap for how to implement behaviour change techniques and set up systems in your everyday life so that you can begin...