'He saved me when I was a boy and my education was failing – and has without doubt been the most significant person in my life'. Oh look - more evidence that English literature is outmoded, irrelevant, economically insignificant, &c & c.

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Flying from Rome to Amman last week; the person behind me was watching something loud on phone before takeoff. I said something. He turned it down but not off. I said something again. 'It is no louder than if I am talking to someone' he said, holding it in front of him. Missing the point, I think.

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Pope: “We already know many of the ethical principles that should guide the development of artificial intelligence. What we currently need are institutions capable of putting these principles into practice, particularly effective international institutions that can safeguard the global common good.”

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The other place that has a similar feel these days is around Camberwell Green, so to be fair, it's not a singularly Lambeth thing.

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Needs a "200m either side of the tube station czar". Most other parts of the borough are nice or normal (e.g. west norwood, where my folks live). This is not beyond the whit, even without money.

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