Recent Blog Posts

  • David Canter considers the political and personal implications of believing in a just world and its personal resonance. In the 1960s, Melvin […]
  • David Canter explores the three interacting corrosive cycles that destroys democracies – limiting effective education, destroying a free press and limiting the […]
  • David Canter considers informal places where people socialize, suggesting they’re an arena ChatGPT and other LLMs can’no’t replicate. As someone who lives […]
  • Do ice cream sales cause shark attacks? They increase together during the year. The statistical association between them is very clear. Yet the […]
  • David Canter proposes that what makes us different from a computer is being here. The fascinating Chinese sports showcase of humanoid robots […]
  • David Canter explores where Netanyahu may have got it wrong in the overwhelming response in Gaza.
  • David Canter considers how words are the frontline in the battle for minds, revealed in the Trump administration banning many everyday words.
  • David Canter compares the influence of 19th century oligarchs to those of today.
  • David Canter reveals how he discovered Microsoft Copilot acted like a lazy student, inventing responses with apparent confidence that were blatantly wrong. […]
  • David Canter considers the parallels between religious beliefs, and cults, with  those followers of  ex-President Trump who have a faith that he can be considered God-like.