Steven Boykey Sidley
Steven Boykey Sidley is a professor of practice at University of Johannesburg, columnist-at-large for Daily Maverick and a partner at Bridge Capital. His new book "It's Mine: How the Crypto Industry is Redefining Ownership" is published by Maverick451 in SA and Legend Times Group in UK/EU, available now. His columns can be found at https://substack.com/@stevenboykeysidley
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Amazon and the automation conundrum – trying to soften the inevitable
On 21 October, the New York Times reported that it had obtained a trove of leaked documents from Amazon, some of which indicated that the
Trump’s Middle East triumph and the power of, er, persuasion
The videos of the returning hostages on Monday’s news feed were heartening and moving. It felt like a pivot, a green shoot in frustratingly barren
The rise of populism: how the world learned to love the strongman
For decades, Western politics has resembled a dull dinner party. Everyone politely agreed on the menu; no one told loud off-colour jokes about gays or
Nuclear energy – Trump’s crowning achievement?
The Trump administration, myriad controversies aside, did something very important for the planet this year. So much so that it will probably change America’s fortunes
The H1-B visa – how to shoot yourself in the foot
Last week, the Trump administration announced that the H1-B Visa programme would require applicants to make payments of $100,000 per year. There was a fair
If you want to keep your job, get off social media
For days after the killing of Charlie Kirk, there was nothing in the news but Charlie Kirk. Rightly so – it was a volcanic political
AI in the classroom – the upending of traditional education
On a recent episode of the New York Times’ Hard Fork podcast, I was startled to hear about an “AI-first” school that has used AI
The immigrant paradox
If there has been one golden thread which has passed through the political ruptures of many Western polities in the past decade or so, it
Are we any good at measuring how intelligent AI is?
This is a far more complex question than it seems. Most of us who use AI even cursorily have been impressed by some of the
The Trump–Putin–Zelensky summits: the limits of political abstraction
Like most people, I was shocked and appalled by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the ensuing brutality meted out to citizens,