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The Sunak Question
Why Has the Tory Party's Great Hope Been So Bad At the Job?
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Ian Leslie
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Why Does Being Left-Wing Make You Unhappy?
The Ideological Well-Being Gap
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Ian Leslie
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How Silicon Valley Hacked the Science of Human Behaviour
Revisiting My 2016 Piece on The Phones
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Ian Leslie
Can You Imitate a Genius?
What the new Amy Winehouse film tells us about singing, talent, and AI
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Ian Leslie
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Why London's Famous Penguin Pool Has No Penguins In It
A Tale From My Trip To The Zoo
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Ian Leslie
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March 2024

Am I Anti-Woke?
Self-Reflection Inspired by Nick Cave, Plus a Taxonomy of Woke, Plus Rattle Bag
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Ian Leslie
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Why It's Good To Be Biased
When everyone is rational, reasonable and nice, we all get a little dimmer
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Ian Leslie
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In Praise of Slow Learners
How the Tortoise Beats the Hare
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Ian Leslie
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The State of the Culture Is...Not Bad, Actually
Reflections on a good year for the Oscars
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Ian Leslie
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Delusional self-belief is a superpower until it's a disaster
What's the optimal amount of self-deception for a politician?
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Ian Leslie
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February 2024

The Google Gemini Debacle Shows Us Why Office Politics Matters More Than Ever
On the Real Alignment Problem
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Ian Leslie
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Rattle Bag
On a plot hole in Macbeth and much else besides
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Ian Leslie
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