Teaching to the test: weak signals from the emissions scandal

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 →

Three things a city in charge of its destiny ought to know about software

2015 promises change in the way that Leeds, Yorkshire and England’s north are governed. Not before time, decision-making and funding are to be brought closer to us, to the cities and localities where we live, learn, play and work. This new settlement will arrive at a time when cities and governments everywhere are challenged to design … Continue reading Three things a city in charge of its destiny ought to know about software →