Articles tagged with: Society

• There’s too much pointless fuss about politics
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Wed 25th Apr 2018 at 09:38 in category: Opinion, with tags: Society.
  1139 words, 5 minutes read time.
  A rare diversion into politics for me about why it's all rather pointless when it comes to effecting real change.
• Is it illegal to do something someone might 'take offence' to?
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Sun 6th May 2018 at 09:50 in category: Citation, with tags: Society.
  269 words, less than 2 minutes read time. Comments by me and a link to an external article.
  A BBC article about a butcher who has been told his light-hearted, humorous signs might be offensive.
• Flying cars are as likely as flying pigs in the UK
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Fri 20th Jul 2018 at 15:40 in category: News, Citation, with tags: Tech, Science, Society.
  227 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and a link to an external article.
  A BBC article announces that Larry Page's flying car company is now training people how to fly them.
• Clamp down on fake news, says MP
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Sun 29th Jul 2018 at 10:45 in category: Citation, with tags: Society, Tech, Social-Media, Facebook.
  137 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and a link to an external article.
  An article by the BBC about the prevalence of fake news. Some MPs are calling for greater regulation to combat this, particularly online.
• Instagram face and the quest for perfection
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Fri 17th Aug 2018 at 08:15 in category: Citation, with tags: Tech, Society, Social-Media.
  363 words, less than 2 minutes read time. Comments by me and a link to an external article.
  An interesting article by Alexandra Jones on the BBC about 'Instagram face'. I'm more interested in how this reflects on society in general, if indeed it does at all.
• Corbyn's plans for Big Tech
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Sun 26th Aug 2018 at 08:15 in category: News, Citation, with tags: Tech, Society.
  368 words, less than 2 minutes read time. Comments by me and a link to an external article.
  Gizmodo takes a look at Jeremy Corbyn's plans to promote journalism by levying a windfall tax on big tech. There are some problems with this plan.
• Trump blustering on about Google
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Wed 29th Aug 2018 at 08:00 in category: News, with tags: Tech, Society, Google.
  302 words, less than 2 minutes read time.
  Donald Trump now thinks Google Search is biased agains him and blusters on about it, threatening consequences. Google issued denial.
• What do people do at cashpoints?
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Tue 27th Nov 2018 at 08:45 in category: Opinion, with tags: Society, Rant.
  316 words, less than 2 minutes read time.
  Why do people spend so long at cashpoints, standing in front of me, making me get wet in the rain?
• Saving the UK high street - do we want to?
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Thu 27th Dec 2018 at 08:18 in category: Opinion, with tags: Society.
  826 words, 4 minutes read time.
  The High Street appears to be in trouble and Mike Ashley recently told MPs how to save it. But I'm not so sure we want to save it anyway.
• The biggest threats to humanity
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Fri 15th Feb 2019 at 07:50 in category: Citation, with tags: Society.
  260 words, less than 2 minutes read time. Comments by me and a link to an external article.
  The BBC looks at the biggest threats to humanity but I believe it overlooks one of the most important ones.
• We can't comment on individual cases
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Sat 16th Mar 2019 at 08:45 in category: Opinion, with tags: Society, Companies, Rant.
  488 words, less than 2 minutes read time.
  Why do organisations use the phrase 'we can't comment on individual cases'? Is it really always for confidentiality?
• Cloth nappy influencers — the world has gone bonkers
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Thu 28th Mar 2019 at 06:01 in category: Citation, with tags: Society, Social-Media.
  218 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and a link to an external article.
  It seems we now have cloth nappy 'influencers' and I wonder if the world has reached a new level of crazy.
• Brexit demystified
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Wed 3rd Apr 2019 at 10:10 in category: Opinion, with tags: Society.
  652 words, 3 minutes read time.
  My own view of the Brexit situation based on an (admitedly small) number of friends whose preferences I'm aware of.
• The UK’s Online Harms white paper - summary
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Tue 9th Apr 2019 at 07:55 with tags: Tech, Society.
  577 words, 3 minutes read time.
  A summary of the UK's Online Harms White Paper, which aims to prevent 'online harm' by regulating certain internet-based companies.
• The crackers world we live in now — my weekend rant
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Sat 11th May 2019 at 12:45 in category: Opinion, with tags: Society, Rant.
  1034 words, 5 minutes read time.
  An advert draws the ire of the Advertising Standards Authority because someone jumps off a cliff and sprouts wings.
• HS2 and government projects in general
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Tue 27th Aug 2019 at 09:30 in category: News, Opinion, with tags: Society.
  404 words, less than 2 minutes read time.
  The government underestimates another project, this time it's HS2. Why do they always underestimate these things?
• Why not do away with world timezones altogether?
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on Mon 28th Oct 2019 at 11:30 in category: Opinion, with tags: Society.
  511 words, 3 minutes read time.
  Steve Hanke and Dick Henry suggest doing away with timezones. And they suggest reformatting the calendar whilst we're at it. Here's my take on that.