We’re all on a science fiction adventure (again)
I’ve now lived in “lockdown” for four weeks without properly realising it. In a miniature version of my experience of the first wave of the… Read More »We’re all on a science fiction adventure (again)
Nicholas Sheppard
How could I ever have not enough to do?
Having recently completed the first major project for A Little Research, now going through the busiest time of year for my academic position, and about… Read More »How could I ever have not enough to do?
What if robots aren’t taking our jobs?
Some time ago—I forget where—I read the observation that, with productivity growth being persistently low across the developed world, robots are actually taking jobs more… Read More »What if robots aren’t taking our jobs?
On the uses of (modest) wealth, re-visited
Having recently picked up some on-going work for A Little Research, I’m faced with the question of what to do with the money. Since expanding… Read More »On the uses of (modest) wealth, re-visited
Yet more evidence on productivity and shorter working hours
The ABC reported yet another study of reduced working hours this week, this one undertaken in the Icelandic public service between 2015 and 2019. The… Read More »Yet more evidence on productivity and shorter working hours