The title was funny. Oliver Burkeman had blurbed it. The cover was pretty. I'm not ashamed to admit that's why I picked it up. But, once I started reading, I liked it even more. In 'Don't Burn Anyone At The Stake Today', Alderman's main premise is that we live in the information age. The 'age' we are in, influences who we are as humans, our behaviours, our beliefs, our actions, and interactions. She repeatedly comes back to the thread of how technology turns us away from each other and...

This is an extract from my book - The Human Edge: Critical Thinking in the Age of AI - I loved researching and writing this part especially, and wanted to share it beyond the pages of the book Pre-common era Where to start? Ancient Greece is a pretty good place. Apart from maths, astronomy and alarm clocks (check out Ctesibius’ clever system), Ancient Greek philosophers are also credited with the beginnings of democracy, debate and critical thinking through conversations. Socrates (470...

"You'll never feel successful unless you create your own definition of success". Sahil Bloom Oof, there's a thought. I found a piece of...