Punched cards for Babbage's Analytical Engine
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Oh, Good. There’s a Tiger Behind Door 3

The way I see it, we've 2 potential futures ahead of us. Behind door 1 is The Terminator future. Rise of the machines. Technology going from being our slave to being our master. And there's plenty of other examples of this in dystopian fiction. On the other hand, we've door 2. Behind door 2 is the Star Trek future. The protopian future...
The Year of the Reader
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The Year of the Reader

The Government has decreed 2026 to be the National Year of Reading (https://www.goallin.org.uk) and with good reason. Reading seems to be happening less and less, not just in kids but…