Technology
Plastic? Fantastic!
The surprising virtues of the most abhorred material
A Christmas plea for pen and ink
In praise of the small features of civilisation
Against baby factories
The individual family protects us from state power
The life of lifts
The mechanical wonders of high-speed elevation
Year of the drone
The changing face of war and security
The meaning of memorisation
Minds, like libraries, should be well-stocked
AI and the disintegrating imagination
ChatGTP will change our relationship with writing
Turning Klimt to kitsch
Why the new wave of “immersive experiences” is a threat to art
Not necessarily the end of the world
The biggest existential threat to humans is now humanity
The technological escalation
Will the US semiconductor strategy prevail against China?
An irreversible step
If Britain embraces euthanasia for the terminally ill, it won’t end there
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
Royals in an online age
Can the royal mystique survive the glare of modern media?
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
