Thursday, 17th April (Cambridge)

1. Economic concepts in pictures from Visual Capitalist https://www.visualcapitalist.com/

These are their most popular graphics https://www.voronoiapp.com/posts/most-popular

and here’s the global economy in 2025 https://www.voronoiapp.com/economy/-How-the-World-Economy-Will-Look-in-2025-3358

and in 2050 (but before the Trump assault on it began, I think) https://www.voronoiapp.com/economy/Visualizing-the-Future-Global-Economy-by-GDP-in-2050-127

2. A podcast interview from The Conversation with Rob Brooks, Professor of Evolution at the University of New South Wales, How AI could influence the evolution of humanity  https://theconversation.com/how-ai-could-influence-the-evolution-of-humanity-podcast-254163

Some of the leading brains behind generative AI have warned about the risk of artificial superintelligence wiping out humanity, if left unchecked. But what if the influence of AI on humans is much more mundane, influencing our evolution over thousands of years through natural selection?

3. Advice from the University of California, Berkeley on how to Protect yourself from “Doxxing” https://oercs.berkeley.edu/privacy/privacy-resources/protect-yourself-doxxing Yes, I admit I found this because I needed to look up exactly what doxxing meant!

4. The Banksy Story, from BBC Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001nwhs

The story of Banksy’s rise, the stunts, the culture and the story of how the work became so valuable. And why it’s not always a blessing to have a Banksy painted on the wall of your house!

Here’s a CNN piece on some of his recent work in Ukraine https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/banksy-ukraine-murals/index.html

5. I meet the author of this article occasionally when I’m out walking. Let me know what you think? https://www.tesolunion.org/journal/details/info/0MzA09LmRi/TESOL-Teacher-Education-in-2034:-Some-Predictions PDF below.

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