Giles Crouch | Cultural Anthropologist·13h agoWhy We Actually Hate Data CentresPeasants have always hated the castle. Are data centres the newest version? The reasons are deeply cultural. Why?A response icon3A response icon3
Giles Crouch | Cultural Anthropologist·5d agoWhen Technology Becomes Boring, It Get’s InterestingMany technologies eventually become, well, boring. And that’s when we start to see interesting things happen. From writing to electricity…A response icon6A response icon6
Giles Crouch | Cultural Anthropologist·Oct 27Your Phone Is 700+ Years OldWe talk about what smartphones are doing to us, yet we’ve not really asked what they “are” and why. That’s a 700 year old question.A response icon1A response icon1
Giles Crouch | Cultural Anthropologist·Oct 23Every Era Gets Its Utopia. Ours Comes With an App.Utopian myths have always existed in human societies. Today we have the techie version, but utopias aren’t what they think they are.A response icon2A response icon2
Giles Crouch | Cultural Anthropologist·Oct 19What Is This Age of Abundance Anyway?The story goes that an age of abundance is in sight. But what does that even mean? And we’ve been here before.A response icon12A response icon12
Giles Crouch | Cultural Anthropologist·Oct 13AI Has A Geography ProblemThe challenges to build out AI globally are complex and space isn’t really an option for now. It’s a tough slog ahead.A response icon1
