Our Inhuman Future

It’s been some years since I seriously attempted to study software development in any degree of detail, however, I still remember vividly thinking “humans will never make a viable AI (artificial intelligence)”. Having a basic understanding of how software worked, how machines crunched problems, along with a general understanding of our own lack of understanding…

Why Venezuela Should be a Warning to Australia

Economic books are written throughout the times of prosperity and generally re-written after a crisis. Venezuela is no exception. For a while Politicians, Actors and Nobel prize-winning Economists alike praised Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez for his socialist policies, his attention to the poor, his dedication to health care and education. But not anymore. No one is praising…