Who’d have thought it? Since the late 18th Century, moral panics have centred on the propensity for industrialisation and financialisation to turn people into machines. ‘You must either make a tool of the creature, or a man of him. You cannot make both. If you will have that precision out of them, and make their … Continue reading Teaching to the test: weak signals from the emissions scandal
Tag: anthropomorphism
Remember, I’m just a bit of software
Unlike some people, I'm partial to a spot of anthropomorphism, which is why I was delighted to receive this email after ordering some cards from Moo... Hello Matt I'm Little MOO - the bit of software that will be managing your order with us. It will shortly be sent to Big MOO, our print machine … Continue reading Remember, I’m just a bit of software
RIP my Tablet PC
It's been a while since my trusty work-issue Compaq Tablet PC gave up the ghost, and I'm finally getting around to writing about it. We'd been together more than three years, the TC1000 and I, and the day the man from IT pronounced it dead (a motherboard issue, apparently) it felt like a bereavement. A … Continue reading RIP my Tablet PC