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Tuesday, 28th January (Richmond)

Posted on January 28, 2025 by roycross

1. Ethan Mollick has updated his guide to Which AI to Use Now: An Updated Opinionated Guide https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/which-ai-to-use-now-an-updated-opinionated Every six months or so, I have written an opinionated guide for individual users of AI, not specializing in any one type … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 26th November (Richmond)

Posted on November 26, 2024 by roycross

1. Some good clear analysis here from Carbon Brief of the final outcomes of COP 29 in Baku https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-baku/ Tidily sorted into sections, which might lend itself to a whole class activity with pairs of students each responsible for summarising/reporting … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 8th October (Richmond)

Posted on October 8, 2024 by roycross

1. I’ve mentioned Carne Ross’s blog, Gentle Anarchy, before. Here’s his deconstruction of an article in Saturday’s Financial Times by John Sawers, the onetime director of MI6, the UK’s external intelligence service, Deconstructing the Discourse of the State https://carneross.substack.com/p/deconstructing-the-discourse-of-the There’s a … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 26th September (Cambridge)

Posted on September 26, 2024 by roycross

Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ 1. The latest book by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation, has attracted a lot of attention. Here’s his interview with Elise Hu, the host of TED Talks Daily https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_are_smartphones_ruining_childhood?subtitle=en “The Anxious Generation” is shaping cultural … Continue reading →

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