Mar 4Custody and ConsumptionSometimes at family gatherings, I am mocked for the one time when, as a child, I was asked the question ‘What would you like to be when you grow up?’ and I answered, ‘A Librarian.’ It has always seemed odd to me that this should be so humourous. Even then…Literature4 min readLiterature4 min read
Jun 2, 2022The Modern Academy Works Too Hard For Genuine Progress to be PossibleAround the time of the discovery of the Higgs Boson, Peter Higgs, its namesake admitted that the academics of his generation would not be productive enough to get a job in a modern University as junior academics. The modern academic is not the tweed jacket wearing, pipe smoking thinker of…Science4 min readScience4 min read
Apr 5, 2022Examinations and the fiction of Equal OpportunityExaminations provide a level playing field. That is why they exist. But if the game is flawed and the dice is biased, what good is the gradient of the table? In the 7th century, the Sui dynasty realised that it was better to select officials on the basis of merit…Education12 min readEducation12 min read
