Kester Brewin

Author: KB

  • What are we waiting for?

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    The following is a post I wrote for the Advent reflection group I’ve been running for the past few years on WhatsApp. One post a day; no replies allowed. All signal, no noise. A few weeks ago H & I went to see Waiting for Godot, with Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw in the lead…

  • Living with Algorithm – Servant or Master? | Interview with Lord Clement-Jones

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    You may have seen my previous post about an interview I conducted with Professor John Caputo about my book God-like, and his thoughts around AI springing from his excellent Spectres of God – which bounces off Derrida. As part of the same series, I was also thrilled to chat to Lord Tim Clement-Jones, a major…

  • What Work Is Not – Future Narratives Lab

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    Last night I was presenting about work and technology at a panel event for Future Narratives Lab. FNL are a really great organisation who help organisations think through issues in a properly structured way that goes beyond the standard ‘workshop.’ Joining me were two wonderful people. Firstly, Emily Kenway – author of Who Cares –…

  • Interview with Professor John Caputo

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    As part of the series I did with Tripp Fuller about the book, I interviewed some leading thinkers across tech, governance, and philosophy about how they saw AI, and the issues I talk about in God-Like. It was a huge delight and honour to interview Professor John Caputo. He remains one of the sharpest thinkers…

  • God-Like in Frome

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    Brilliant time down in Somerset on Friday presenting on the book to a packed church in Whatley, just outside Frome. The event was the first in a series using the space to consider challenging contemporary questions. The regular congregation is quite small I was told, but village life is thriving, and they are using the…

  • Future Narratives Lab

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    On Tuesday next week (Tues 26th) I’ll be presenting at this event in London hosted by Future Narratives Lab, focusing on how we understand ‘work’ and what this means in a coming age of intelligent machines. FNL are a brilliant outfit who help craft narrative workshops to explore topics in depth in a guided way.…