Philosophy

Introduction In the quiet market towns of 1970s England, where I grew up amid the hum of economic upheaval and the first waves of mass media saturation, divisions felt tangible yet contained—neighbors debating Thatcher policies over garden fences, headlines stirring fears without the endless echo of today’s digital feeds. Fast-forward to 2025, and those fractures […]

Introduction: The Ancient Brain Meets the Algorithmic Age Born in 1971, I’ve watched the UK morph from analogue to AI’s relentless hum, my perspective sharpened by two decades of photography and essays like “Desire: Erotic Art in Photography” and “Why We’re Wired for Chaos: Decoding Behaviour in 2025.” Yuval Harari’s Homo Deus sparked a revelation:

As AI evolves into recursive superbrains, how do we preserve human agency amid inevitable behavioural coordination? Reflections on a 70,000-year arc, inspired by Eric Schmidt’s insights and the ‘New Future’ project. Introduction: Framing the Shift from Pinnacle to Participant Born in 1971 and raised in the UK, I have witnessed profound shifts in how technology

Introduction Across fields like philosophy, biology, and computing, we’ve long viewed intelligence through a human lens—shaped by our language, culture, and ways of thinking. But fresh insights from various areas point to a big change: intelligence isn’t just a human thing. It’s a universal trait that pops up in all sorts of complex systems, from

Introduction In an era where billions of users generate trillions of interactions daily—posts, likes, shares, and scrolls that flood the digital ether—social media’s explosive growth demands scrutiny. What began as a tool for connection has morphed into a relentless machine, adopted at unprecedented speeds since its inception in the early 2000s. Yet, beneath this frenzy