E2: The Future (& Scotland Too)

E2: The Future (& Scotland Too)

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The Constitute #4: Behind the doors of computation, new realities
And do we need some punky new left parties to harness its powerful benefits?
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PK in The National: Does the renewables revolution in Scotland need its own version of "The Cheviot"?
The great agit-prop play of the Seventies could inspire new creativity, to capture our current cycle of "extraction without consent"
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PK in The National: The powerful vision of Adam Curtis has an obvious blind spot
The great documentarist sees all the connections, in this examination of Thatcherite individualism - except those to Scotland
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June 2025

PK in The National: Are you a doomscroller? It’s time for us to focus on hope instead
Worse to be a deathscroller - far better to be a hopescroller. And Scots Indy could show the way there.
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PK in The National: Let’s put brains together to bring about a smarter Scotland
New poets carved into stone, on the Canongate Wall of the Holyrood Parliament, show both their importance - and the limitations of the past
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The Constitute #3: From Oil-Pump to Solar-Punk
How might Norwegian TV drama and American SF lit help us negotiate our energy futures?
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11:20
PK in The National: Poetry’s curious relationship with power is seen in stone voices
New poets carved into stone, on the Canongate Wall of the Holyrood Parliament, show both their importance - and the limitations of the past
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PK in The National: Why your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man gives you the ‘ick’ factor
Our mutated superheroes help us handle our horrific potential for biological transformation
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The Constitute #2: AI meditations
If an artificial consciousness was networked, ecological & relational, why couldn’t it be the next Buddha?
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May 2025

PK in The National: Humanoid robots pose an ethical dilemma we’ve long prepared for
Ever-ready, bipedal servants and co-workers – or strange devices, specifically designed for their purpose? Displacing us, or enhancing us?
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PK in The National: STV's new radio station could be the jolt Scottish music culture needs
I hope the new STV channel recalls why the old major stations, whether public or commercial, retained their Sloans and Peels
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