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15 November 2023

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Software engineering manager.

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Birmingham.

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With little expectation, yes.

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Since 2015.

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I wanted to feel connected to things.

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I occasionally read sections aloud to my partner.

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The Leader, letters and Commons Confidential.

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Currently, while cradling a four-month-old and a bottle.

What would you like to see more of in the NS?

Interrogation of Big Tech (the piece on effective altruism was brilliant).

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Pippa Bailey, Rowan Williams, Andrew Marr.

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Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal.

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“30p” Lee Anderson.

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“The peak” by Edward Docx.

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This article appears in the 15 Nov 2023 issue of the New Statesman, Desperate Measures