I’m James Poskett. I have spent the last fifteen years thinking and writing about science, technology, philosophy, and history.
Typically, I write rather long books. Sometimes I write very serious academic articles. Occasionally, I write something for a newspaper or magazine.
Thinking Without Machines is a collection of shorter, more accessible articles.
Some of the ideas are fresh. Some have been lying around at the back of my mind for a while. Some are more complete than others.
In the spirit of the early days of the World Wide Web, I publish them freely on my own personal low-tech website.
There is no social media. There are no advertisements. There is no paywall. There are no subscriptions. There are no comments. There are no likes. There are no swipes. There are no cookies. There is no tracking. There is no algorithm.
There’s just thinking without machines.
Detail from The March of Intellect by Robert Seymour, London, 1828.