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How to be Happy [2] | Out of the ashes of Communism and Christianity
Thanks for the comments on the post about happiness the other day. I’ve been mulling over the idea of happiness, and why we are perhaps the most unhappy society ever, and linking it to a new direction my thinking seems to be being drawn in. As I’ve written before, I’m really interested in the charred…
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Virtual Warming
Very interesting programme on Radio 4 today about the carbon cost of our digital lives. Increased use of digital technology can have green benefits with reduced travel etc., but we what the piece uncovered so well was the huge energy draw that data centres create. Each time we upload a picture to Facebook, or request…
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Then Again…
What’s the point in having a 42 day detention limit for terror suspects… if the best intelligence we have is just left lying around on trains?
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Bored
You guessed it. I’m going through one of those ‘bored of blogging’ phases. With TSK pumping out on average 5 posts it’s not like there’s a paucity of stuff for people to read. Sure it’ll pass. Or may be it won’t. The sun’s shining, so I’m not fussed which.
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United.
Champions. Premier League and Europe. Great match, well fought, but the best team won it. Come on!!!
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Dear Boris…
It looks like you’re going to win. One simple message, from a city that in the last 8 years has got greener, more tolerant, more vibrant and taken radical steps to improve public transport: Don’t Fuck This Up. Please excuse my language, but this is a place I care about deeply, which is genuinely at…