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15th July 2011 |
Quotations, Speaking & Writing |
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Comments Off on Search engines ‘rewire our memory’
Internet search engines have changed the way that memory works, researchers have claimed. A study from Columbia University suggests that the ability to find almost any information
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12th May 2010 |
Speaking & Writing |
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Comments Off on The Art of Maps and the influence of technology: do electronic maps democratise?
Last night I attended a talk entitled ‘The Art of Maps’ held at the British Library as part of the ‘Magnificent Maps. Power Propaganda and Art’ exhibition. I went along
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12th June 2009 |
Speaking & Writing |
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Comments Off on Can we really be addicted to the Internet?
The news that China’s parents are resorting to electro-shock therapy in an attempt to ‘cure’ their children of internet addiction is nothing short of terrifying. According
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2nd June 2009 |
Speaking & Writing |
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Comments Off on Susan Greenfield’s latest claim: playing video games to blame for financial crisis
Baroness Greenfield’s been at it again: in this month’s Wired article entitled, ‘Did video games make bankers more reckless?’
Rather bizarrely, Greenfield’s
