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Arguments, held loosely
Opinion pieces on AI, humanitarian work, supply chains and the business of technology, alongside longer essays from the philosophy half of my degree. Research is where I show my working. This is where I say what I actually think.
Covid-19 and logistics: reacting to new possibilities in the world of international shipping
Cheap fuel and a collapse in demand sent container ships the long way round Africa. What that means for inventory and customer service.
Conversations with manufacturing engineers: drawing similarities between Industry 4.0 and lean manufacturing
“What will you do the day the robot breaks down?” A BMW manufacturing expert on why lean has to come before Industry 4.0.
An exegesis of Urmson’s essay on literature as a performing art
J. O. Urmson argues that literature is logically a performing art that we usually perform silently to ourselves. I mostly agree, until the conclusion.
Bayesian objectivism, or are we sure we can trust those damn scientists?
When a scientist makes a claim, how do we know they’re right? Franklin, Popper, black swans and the logic of evidence.
Sharing cultures: Turkish influence on European music of the Classical period
How the Ottoman military band found its way into Mozart, and what 18th-century Europe kept, changed and caricatured along the way.