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So, with everything in the news, I decided to get AI's take on its impending role in the demise of humanity. Here is a summary of the conversation...

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Did you know that stress makes you stupid?

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Cybercrime is BIG business.

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Well, the world didn't end last night and nor did an entire civilisation die.

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... there was a giant, tailless space monkey. With a beard. For some reason the beard feels important.

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A little over a week ago, the head of Microsoft AI announced that within 18 months 40% of white collar jobs globally (60% in the west) would be replaced by AI.

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I love the English language.

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Maybe it's my age.

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They say write about what you know.

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I'm writing this in hope.

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AI.

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How much of what we do needs to serve a purpose?

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At Midnight of the fourth day (or the very start of the fifth, depending how you look at these things), we set off for the summit. There were only seven kilometres of distance to cover horizontally, but there was also t...

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This is looking like the favourite for the cover of The Ivory Tower...just got to finish it now!

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'When you start seeing the ravens, you know you are close to the camp.'

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As we turned off the main road and started the climb towards the Machame gate, it became clear why the mountain had remained so stubbornly hidden from view.

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That's a bit more like it!

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I've done an interview with What We Reading that you can see here...

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Before I get back to Africa (this is the literary opposite of a cliff-hanger, where we pause the story at the bottom the mountain!) I'm going to continue the bushcraft theme for one more post and tell you about my week o...

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Last weekend I was fortunate enough to spend the time at an event hosted by Bushcraft Magazine at Stanford Hall in Lutterworth. 'A Weekend in the Woods with Ray Mears' featured camping, bushcraft activities and demonstr...

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After only a day in Kenya, it was time to head to Tanzania...

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Can you appear on the radio?

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OK, time to get serious.

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I recently wrote a post on self-publishing for "Nine Voices". Obviously there is only so much you can cover in a few words...

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This time round, when I arrived at the Sarova Stanley hotel, it was as a paying guest. No need to worry about interventions from police chiefs (see Nairobi Part 1)!

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The Ivory Tower - the current work in progress - is about elephants.

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Both the God Particle and What About the Farmers are now in review with ACX, and I'm hoping that in a few days they will be available through all the various audiobook channels.

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Here's the second draft version.

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God Particle audiobook in final stages of post recording sound engineering...Check

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I haven't posted for a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy...

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Jody J Sperling has a wonderful podcast for aspiring and published authors. I recently chatted to him about the things I learned after I had pressed the "Publish Now" button.

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I recently guest-blogged on Shayla Raquel's site with seven easy steps to set you up for failure with a book launch!

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I'm very excited to be working on producing an audio-book version of The God Particle.

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A lot of writers talk about the value of having an author website.

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