Genes, relationships and the future of humanity
The genetic revolution is upon us In 2010 geneticist J. Craig Venter announced the production of a synthetic life form – the first organism ever made to human design.((Gibson, D.…
The genetic revolution is upon us In 2010 geneticist J. Craig Venter announced the production of a synthetic life form – the first organism ever made to human design.((Gibson, D.…
Understanding dementia Dementia is an umbrella term for a collection of symptoms, usually associated with neurodegenerative diseases and involving a general and permanent decline in cognitive abilities, that affect a person's…
Introduction There’s a famous TV comedy sketch first broadcast on ‘The Frost Report’ in 1966. John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, conveniently of three different heights, represent the upper,…
Introducing AI chatbots AI chatbots,((For a full list of AI chatbots and the categories of their use, see: <https://originality.ai/blog/ai-chatbot-list>.)) such as ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, are based on Large Language…
‘There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be … unholy, … without self-control, brutal, … lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God … Have nothing…
Introduction G. K. Chesterton, creator of the Father Brown stories and author of Orthodoxy, came within a few steps of becoming a worshipper, not of God, but the devil. In…
What is chronic pain? As anyone who has quickly let go of a saucepan that is too hot to handle knows, acute pain can be useful. Indeed, the absence of…
Introduction Momentous cultural shifts took place during early nineteenth-century Britain (circa 1790 to 1840). Attitudes to public morality were transformed and Christian moral reformers were at the forefront of these…
Digital technology and the problem of pleasure Last year, software designer Danilo Campos shared a story from his time spent volunteering to help seniors with their technology: ‘Recently, one of…
The paradox of loneliness in a digital age Ours is perhaps the most socially connected generation in history. We live in an age when people can communicate almost instantaneously by…