Category: Education
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American Psycho x Middle Class
A very interesting piece the New Yorker a couple of weeks ago. Rachel Monroe documents the story of a wealthy neighbourhood in Arizona that has been terrorised by the ‘Goons’ gang of rampaging, uber-privileged kids… ending with a murder, and seven boys on trial. In south Gilbert, the Goons looked like J. Crew models. “Some…
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Mutiny against Mutiny – overcoming a Supreme (in)Justice in an atomised world
Are you worried yet? I am. Genuinely. But what to do? When to act? The past few days have been some of the most politically concerning since I can’t remember. The RN making major gains in voter share in France. The way that the Supreme Court in the US ruled on the powers of Federal…
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Goldsmiths | The importance of design in a GenAI world
Had an amazing time at Goldsmiths presenting on the book for the Expanded Practice Design MA course! So good to throw the material in the book up against a new context, and see what interesting resonances come out. Most importantly, I wanted to highlight how all technologies emerge into a theological and socio-cultural context… and…
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Algorithm as mirror
An interesting study out today has found that teens “prefer a social media completely customized for them, depicting what they agree with, what they want to see and, thus, who they are.” “In our qualitative interview study of teens 13-17, we found that personalized algorithmic content does seem to present what teens interpret as a…
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‘An open approach to AI’ – God-like in the TES
Good to have been commissioned by TES – the Time Educational Supplement – to write a piece translating the four-point AI Transparency Statement that God-like begins with into the education context. You can read it here. The idea is simple: rather than ‘AI is terrible, and we’re banning it,’ a means by which teachers can…
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Hans Rosling
So sad to hear of his death yesterday. This video – that I’ve used countless times in lessons – captures the man and his message perfectly. A brilliant communicator.