Self hosting solutions
Describe the problem. Follow the instructions, jeez. Learn a totally new syntax to describe the problem again. Okay, don’t follow…
The contradiction at the heart of higher education: prepare for disappointment
We want to be useful to society. But any attempt to show that or to have it guide us either…
Writing a grant? Tell us the stuff
Many grants have I reviewed, grasshopper. This blog post is meant to give some advice on how to frame a…
Radicalisation or self discovery? Desire in a turbulent world
There has been a lot of recent conversation about radicalisation through different forms. Mumsnet has been blamed for radicalising its…
AI assumptions to be wary of
Tech doesn’t kill people, over capitalised techbros kill people. We are in the tail end of the AI hype/panic cycle….
Critical thinking, what even is that? Advice from Thanos
That thing we tell you to do, and never show you how to do it? Critical thinking is all about…
Institutions have duties beyond themselves and the cultural moment
… Otherwise they would not actually be institutions at all. That is basically what an institution is, as opposed to…
Characterising ‘harm’
At the current moment there is growing concern about the role of digital systems in creating and furthering ‘harm’ across…
In order to disrupt criminal organisations, jail innocent people
One of the ways in which trust is signalled in criminal groups is the fact of having been in prison….
Essay questions on criminal markets and organisations: how do students read them?
Sharing some short and long essay questions from my course on illicit markets and criminal organisations particularly for other teachers…
