From Business Insider: While US cybersecurity and intelligence officials trained their attention on securing the 2020 election, foreign hackers took the opportunity to wedge another door wide open, carrying out a devastating and unprecedented cyberattack. Details of the SolarWinds cyber attack have emerged over the last couple of weeks in what could be the world’s … Continue reading Geopolitics and cybersecurity
House of competition
The news is so depressing these days. To avoid watching the BBC at 6 o’clock I have been turning over to watch Richard Osman’s House of Games. It’s a funny programme in which four contestants ‘compete’ to win naff prizes by answering inventive and amusing questions. It is supposed to be a light hearted show … Continue reading House of competition
Proximity and trust
Flag of each of the 28 EU Member States, alongside the European flag It’s been a long time since I wrote about Brexit, even though it has never been away from my thoughts. Perhaps, by the time I post this we may well have a deal. There has been a lot of hand wringing and … Continue reading Proximity and trust
Reading your own thoughts
Twice this week I have read my own thoughts in other people’s books. On two separate occasions, one fiction and one non-fiction, I have read things that I have written before. Don’t get me wrong, I am not for one minute suggesting that either of the authors had taken my ideas as their own. There … Continue reading Reading your own thoughts
Male and pale
Bernadine Evaristo I’m male, pale and perhaps a bit stale, or so the saying goes. There is not much I can do about the first two but I hope I can work on the last point. Perhaps there is something I can do though. I could start by thinking about the issues around diversity and … Continue reading Male and pale
Vaccine, yes or no?
Image thanks to USA Today I’m not an antivaxer, I have had all of my jabs. I ensured that my daughters had their jabs and I understand the significant effect that vaccination has had on infectious diseases across the world. They have saved billions of lives. Why then am I concerned about the upcoming COVID-19 … Continue reading Vaccine, yes or no?
Find a cure
Image thanks to Yale School of Health It’s fantastic news that several vaccines have been found to address the COVID-19 pandemic. We are still a long way away from being in the clear but the pharmaceutical companies and science in general have made amazing strides forward in such a short space of time. Interesting fact: … Continue reading Find a cure
Freedom from dogma
Iamge thanks to AZ Quotes Over the last few weeks I have had the chance to mention my freedom agenda in various conversations. Freedom from location, freedom from hierarchy and freedom from dogma. If you want to know more it is in my book ‘Paradigms Lost’. With the last one I have always referred to … Continue reading Freedom from dogma
Wear a bracelet
Image thanks to Fox Business From the Independent: ‘People in the UK who test negative for coronavirus should be given a wristband to help them identify themselves as Covid-free, a government advisory body has recommended. Allowing citizens who display the wristband to move around more freely would help the country recover more quickly, according to … Continue reading Wear a bracelet
Opinion drives evolution
Image thanks to Psychology Today I’m back thinking about evolution. I've nearly finished my weighty tome ‘The Ant and the Peacock’ by Helena Cromin that I referred to in an earlier blog. On the back of the book I have become obsessed by two things, how species and how different sexes arise. I’m not thinking … Continue reading Opinion drives evolution
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 