FOR YEARS I've stood firmly in the anti-AI camp. There are sound reasons for that. The more I've observed the digital world evolve, the more concerned I've become about the ways technology could be (and is being) used to mislead, manipulate and entrap. We know that social media algorithms nudge people toward outrage and division. …
I WAS BORN into the afterglow of post-war Britain. The year was 1958. Food rationing had ended only four years previously. Coal rationing, however, remained in force. At that time, men's hats bore brims not peaks. Front doors were often left unlocked. By the time I reached my formative years in the 1970s, the world …
SEVERAL YEARS ago I elected to cancel my TV Licence, in accordance with my lawful right to do so. My viewing habits had long been entirely in line with the necessary criterion. So I followed the on-line procedure and completed my cancellation. It was an easy decision. I had endured mainstream media's ever-increasing output of …
Why Euro Truck Simulator 2 is Good for the Mind I HAVE already waxed lyrical on here about my enthusiasm for PC and console games. Whilst some guys my age are content to chill out in front of the TV (and there's nothing wrong with that), I prefer to star in my own dramas. For …
Why Saying “Hi” Still Matters THERE IS something almost quaint about the idea of greeting a stranger. A brief 'hello' exchanged on a pavement, a nod to a passing walker, a smile offered without expectation. In an age of constant purported connectivity, such moments can feel oddly subversive—small acts of recognition that dissolve detachment and …
Header image: Statue of Sir Edmund Hillary looking toward Mount Cook, New Zealand 'On 4 January 1958 Sir Edmund Hillary and his New Zealand party reached the South Pole. They were the first to do so overland since Scott in 1912, and the first to reach it in motor vehicles.' NZ History - https://nzhistory.govt.nz/ I …
Introduction IN OCTOBER, 2023 I experienced a nervous breakdown. I wrote of this in June of this year, in my post titled 'The Raven.' Upon leaving hospital I inevitably did so laden with a cocktail of prescription drugs. One of these was the so-called 'anti-depressant,' Sertraline. Now, after gradually reducing my daily dose, I have …
A Post COVID-19 Autopsy 'Fill them with news that they can’t breathe.They will feel like they are drowning in information, but they will think they are intelligent.' - Ray Bradbury IN EARLY 2020, the word pandemic became an everyday term — repeated in headlines, political speeches, and on endless, real-time news feeds. The world was …
I have recently shared on here details of my mental health crisis. It was one which, ostensibly, began sometime in 2023 but which had, in all likelihood, been present for decades. An inherent fault line. All that was needed was a trigger to set in motion a total collapse. My post 'The Raven' catalogues that …
Embracing the Beauty of our Flaws WE ARE, all of us, flawed. Sometimes those flaws are visible—a scar, a disability, a noticeable quirk. Some remain hidden in the recesses of our minds and hearts—anxiety, past trauma, low self-esteem, or simply the crushing weight of perceived inadequacies. And yet, we live in a world that idealises …
RAVEN MOON 