Thank God I’m alive today
Over the last week I have been playing around with a fun AI tool called "Any Human Ever" . When you click the button on the site, it generates a random imaginary human life, based on statistical probability. Over the entirety of human existence, it is
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Of angels and devils, and souls in between
“Sad case, very sad.” Noah’s gaze is upon me. Normally I like being the centre of attention, and this is so even when someone as familiar as Noah is dishing it out. But when a gaze is preceded by so
News Focus: form should follow function in SA municipalities
Municipal powers, responsibilities and fiscal autonomy should be structured according to the circumstances and capacity of individual municipalities, says a new study from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
Zille attacked from all sides!
In today’s Daily Friend Show, Nicholas Lorimer and Makone Maja react to election campaigning kicking off in earnest. They discuss the Radio 702 Johannesburg mayoral debate, in which Helen Zille fended off attacks from all sides, some of the adverts
Rainbow pedestrian crossing triggers "Christians"
It would be funny to watch minorities invoke majoritarianism against other minorities, if it wasn't so hateful and intolerant.
Bernie Sanders and AI – serious or cynical?
I have always sort of liked Bernie Sanders, even though my politics and his rarely align. I liked the way he attracted support from both the left and the right wing, particularly during his presidential runs in 2016 and 2020.
The other 9/11: lessons from Chile
As pundits around the world mull over the long consequences of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States twenty-five years ago, it is worth considering that “other 9/11,” when it was the United States that backed a terrorist attack
Provincial migration: Implications for Gauteng and the Western Cape
South Africa’s rural provinces are experiencing rapid out-migration – people moving elsewhere – as their local economies endure high unemployment, disinvestment, slowing growth, and infrastructure decay. Meanwhile, their urban counterparts, Gauteng and the Western Cape, are experiencing rapid in-migration, placing
No growth without fixing municipal dysfunction – IRR
South Africa cannot achieve the economic growth it desperately needs while its cities and towns struggle to provide the infrastructure and services on which businesses and households depend. This is the core message of a new analysis published by the