We’ve all been there, haven’t we? Finished a book, a film, a TV series – or stopped partaking in it part way through – furious at it. It doesn’t matter …
Why does bad art make us angry?
Ponderings
Why are my Christmas tree lights having a rave?
Every year I’m confused by Christmas tree lights. There’s always at least one setting on them I don’t understand. The appeal of the others is easy to see; there’s the …
We need to start holding our own sides to account
Does it ever seem like the world is just getting worse? Maybe that’s a misconception – perhaps when you go on social media and are surrounded by anger, where people …
No one cares. And that’s good.
One interesting, not to mention ironic, thing about low self-esteem and anxiety is that it’s possible to think you’re more worthless than a fax machine in a penguin enclosure and …
How to have a good argument
The internet has many uses, but there is undeniably a group of people who go online as a way to find a disagreement, in the same way some people go …
Imagine if AI killed clickbait
There used to be (maybe still is) a Twitter account called Saved You A Click. It shares the links to clickbait articles and reveals the mundane answers to the extravagant …
Our need for simplicity makes it harder for society to grow
‘Simple’ is an interesting word. It’s often desirable – many products, particularly software, will often sell themselves on making the complex simple. Simplicity is your friend, complexity is the enemy. …
How the media created the rage machine, and why you should fight it
The internet is angrier than the Hulk after he’s been kicked in the balls. Social media gave us the incredible ability to connect with a much larger portion of humanity …
Is this the real secret of self-improvement?
There is an entire industry that exists these days with one goal: to sell you the idea that you can be anything you want, and all you need is a …
The loudest voices aren’t always the, er, correctest
There’s a very good film called This Is Spinal Tap about a fictional rock band. One of the (many) iconic ideas to come out of this film is the idea …