by Jack Barrow | Jan 3, 2019 | Social Media, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
I can now reveal, it’s official, Facebook are actually evil. I’m not just talking about the misuse of your personal data, possibly allowing foreign powers to interfere with democratic processes or even all those pictures of cats. Worse than that, if you allow them to,...
by Jack Barrow | Dec 20, 2018 | In SatNav We Trust, Non Fiction, Publishing, Thoughts and Observations, Travelogue
“On the other hand the anxiety I had about charging my devices was rational as the situation could have scuppered the whole trip. Anxiety at the logistics, the effort of the driving, finding somewhere to camp, time to write and two hours of packing and un-packing each...
by Jack Barrow | Dec 19, 2018 | In SatNav We Trust, Publishing, Thoughts and Observations, Travelogue, Writing
“I’m using the term rational to define that which can be scientifically verified whereas the irrational has, or seems to have, no basis in scientific terms. Rational is that which is based on facts or reason, often referred to as evidence based. There are no facts...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 15, 2018 | General Blog, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
I don’t visit my friends any more. When I were a lad we used to have callers. We had a living room with the TV and the coal fire, it was somewhere to live and entertain. When people arrived, the TV would be turned off and the kettle would be turned on. Years ago,...
by Jack Barrow | Aug 31, 2018 | Media, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
You clicked on that link on Facebook, you know that link, possibly clickbait but you wanted to see for yourself, after all it’s only a picture of an old shoe dug up from Roman times. But you don’t get the world’s most interesting shoe, you get a brief, tempting flash...
by Jack Barrow | Feb 15, 2018 | Magic, Science, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
In my coming travelogue (too long in the pipeline) I discuss two ways of looking at and dealing with the world, that I describe as rational and irrational approaches. The irrational approach is often described as magical thinking. Wikipedia defines magical thinking as...
