Category Archives: Popular culture

Hello, I’m a zombie. What brings you here today?

Some people think we’re ready to get psychological counselling from AIs. But in a tragedy...

Money, the Metaverse and David Birch (Making Data Better EP15)

George and I had a virtual blast recently on our podcast with David Birch. As...

It takes a Virtual Village

In “We are hopelessly hooked” (New York Review of Books, February 25), political historian Jacob...

Letter: Online threats do damage

A letter to the editor of The Saturday Paper, published Nov 15, 2014. In his...

Misreading the Australian flag

Most people who favour the current Australian flag hold that the small Union Jack up...

On Test cricket

Many traditionalists insist Test cricket is superior, and that Limited-Overs cricket — One-Day and even...

Generic verisimilitude

“Generic verisimilitude” is a nice big word! It means the accepted visual language that conveys...