Book review: The Geek Manifesto
"I could not have written this book four or five years ago," Mark Henderson said in a recent visit to the Westminster Skeptics. "The problems were there, but the solutions were not.
"I could not have written this book four or five years ago," Mark Henderson said in a recent visit to the Westminster Skeptics. "The problems were there, but the solutions were not.
Health and safety is important, of course — it's tricky enough to remain fit and healthy without the added risk of driving without a seat belt, or inhaling your colleagues' cigarette smoke at work all day. However, it can be said to have "gone mad", or at least a little screwy, when a significant piece of the country's scientific heritage comes under threat of destruction.
In between the mid-winter festivities, why not settle down with a good book? Our selection covers milestones in computing, the state of our relationship with technology, transhumanism, governance in a post-nation-state world, and the dystopian TV series Black Mirror.