TXSL #9: Swiping Left on Vapourware
Recently I encountered an advert about a new dating site that promised to deliver an improved dating experience compared to existing services. I won’t be… Read More »TXSL #9: Swiping Left on Vapourware
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TXSL #8: Three Political Questions at the 2026 Winter Olympics
I’ve been following some of the coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina this week as some interesting issues around the boundaries of political… Read More »TXSL #8: Three Political Questions at the 2026 Winter Olympics
TXSL #7: Project Genie Brings AI Robots A Step Closer
Yes, it’s another article on AI this week. Google released Project Genie 3 to its Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US at the end… Read More »TXSL #7: Project Genie Brings AI Robots A Step Closer
TXSL #6: The State of AI Agents in 2026: Incompetent and Dangerous
Earlier this week, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, published an essay titled ‘The Adolescence of Technology’, a follow-up to his 2024 essay ‘Machines of… Read More »TXSL #6: The State of AI Agents in 2026: Incompetent and Dangerous
TXSL #5: A Pottery Progress Parable
This is a story from my career, which means, for the purpose of protecting the privacy of anyone mentioned, I’ll be making up a good… Read More »TXSL #5: A Pottery Progress Parable
TXSL #4: An Island of Dynamite: Trump’s Greenlandic Großraum is a Gross Miscalculation
The western post-war international order ended this week as Donald Trump ramped up his rhetoric on acquiring Greenland. Yesterday, this escalated further with Trump’s sudden… Read More »TXSL #4: An Island of Dynamite: Trump’s Greenlandic Großraum is a Gross Miscalculation
TXSL #3: ‘Cool LinkedIn post, bro’: why broetry sucks
I’ve been finding that writing LinkedIn posts and articles can be kind of addictive; it’s the same way I used to feel about posting on… Read More »TXSL #3: ‘Cool LinkedIn post, bro’: why broetry sucks
TXSL #2: Christmastime with Abd el-Fattah and Farage: a time for forgiving and for forgetting?
I was going to start this opinion column writing project with a whimsical critique of LinkedIn posts written in the ‘broetry’ style. But that will… Read More »TXSL #2: Christmastime with Abd el-Fattah and Farage: a time for forgiving and for forgetting?
TXSL #1: Introductions.
I’m starting a regular weekly opinion column/newsletter. It’ll cover all sorts of topics, mostly in the form of a short article examining a topic I’m… Read More »TXSL #1: Introductions.