Archive - What We Lost

What's Past is Prologue

Generative AI's Dream is a Thatcherite Nightmare

Nov 5 •

Matthew Hughes

October 2025

We Need A Better Word Than Luddite

It's not irrational to be skeptical of tech

Oct 14 •

Matthew Hughes

Generative AI’s Impending Death By A Thousand Rake-Smacks

Give it enough rope...

Oct 8 •

Matthew Hughes

Generative AI is a Paper Tiger with a Real Tiger Behind It

We Were Afraid Of The Wrong Stuff

Oct 7 •

Matthew Hughes

The Belfast Telegraph Trampled on the Memory of my Murdered Friend for Clicks

John Laverty is a terrible writer and an even worse person.

Oct 2 •

Matthew Hughes

September 2025

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