Autonomous killer robots are supposed to be banned. They are here.

Good article from Peter Mills on their inquiry

Shocking stats.

Here in relation to the alleged fraud in the Bounce Back Loans scheme for covid

The results of the biggest ever public research project on Kindness

The First or indigenous people of South Africa got so fed up of people researching them resulting in more harm than good that they developed their own code of research ethics. Fantastic!

I was astonished at how the ideology that ‘deterrence and sanctions’ are the only thing that worked to change behaviour. Totally wrong, it’s the only thing which makes it worse!

Great interviews and I am hypnotised by the interviewer Chris Anderson, TED CEO who sounds just like the lovely warm comedian Tom Allen, but without the waspishness!

Getting fed up with all the semantics on capitalism at the expense of people and planet

Webinar on 31 March to come

Great article in HBR about how one person can really make a difference.

No real TTFT today because I had to take my dear cat Mr Scheebly to the VET on and off today and he died the next day. RIP Mr Beeb.

FT letter getting me going

Getting excited about working with Joe Woof on our new synthesis concept The Addiction Economy

From Gill Kernick new book on learning from Grenfell Tower Fire for other areas

Have we lost perhaps the most fundamental of human rights Freedom of Thought through our use of social media?

How is it conceivable the Post Office decided to prosecute 700 employees for fraud instead of thinking ‘Hey, maybe this prob is our new computer system.

This was your favourite of my posts last year!

Another Post Office style scandal here from the Home Office with flawed testing for UK residency leading to mass deportation of people who should be still here.

Interesting blog from Geoff Mulgan which says yes.