Reports from the Hamlets: March

ben | 16 Mar 2024, 1:09 p.m.

“Journalism is printing something that someone does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” George Orwell

This is obviously false. 

There’s a lot …

Report From The Hamlets: January

ben | 13 Jan 2024, 2:47 p.m.

It's a muggy Saturday morning. I have already been out and about, getting fresh(ish) air in Poplar and Limehouse. My cuticles have been firmly scratched, and I'm questioning my life …

Taking responsibility or not: against the problem of evil

ben | 10 Sep 2023, 1:28 p.m.

A person can take responsibility for themselves, and in doing so negate others’ responsibilities towards them. This means that otherwise evident responsibilities – such as preventing an event which would …

Subversion as expression

ben | 30 Nov 2022, 7:25 p.m.

I promise you this is a philosophical rambling, not a scientific one. With that promise made, let's consider the RS-232 protocol. 

This is a protocol used for communication between …

Living (or dying) the good life

ben | 30 Oct 2022, 3:36 p.m.

This thought starts, as every good thought must, with the Nichomacean Ethics. If you pick up your copy and flick through it by the fireplace, you will find a slightly …

Utopian communities

ben | 16 Oct 2022, 4:28 p.m.

Modern history is littered with utopian visions of the future. The word "utopian" by itself might conjure up associations of naivety for the modern reader, being contrasted with traditional dystopias …