Archive - The Next Evolution

The Lost Art of Conversation

A generation learned to edit itself into the right words, and had less and less reason to practise saying the wrong ones out loud.

7 hrs ago • The Next Evolution

Fortify the Enterprise

For when the human element is your strongest layer of defence, not your weakest.

Oct 8 • The Next Evolution

Which Car is That?

he conversation at the till was never in the business case, so nobody will notice it leaving.*

Oct 8 • The Next Evolution

The Historical Roots of Persuasion

For when the ad you just watched felt like it knew you a little too well.

Oct 6 • The Next Evolution

How to Reclaim Your Engagement

For when you look up and can't remember choosing to scroll this far

Oct 3 • The Next Evolution

Reclaiming Your Inner Landscape

For when the fog by mid-afternoon has started to feel less like a mood and more like a fact of the day

Oct 1 • The Next Evolution

September 2026

How to Navigate the Geopolitics of Technology and Global Governance

For when a technical standard turns out to be a foreign policy decision nobody voted on.

Sep 29 • The Next Evolution

The Sound the Warehouse Lost

On warehouse robots: built and tested to detect the people around them, and not required to be heard

Sep 28 • The Next Evolution

The Digital Sieve

For when you realise the version of the world you're reacting to was assembled before you ever looked at it.*

Sep 26 • The Next Evolution

The Section Someone Else Fills In

Predictive Purpose, my new book, is up for pre-order. It's out on 23 October.

Sep 24 • The Next Evolution

How to Shape Your Networked Self

For when the version of you online no longer feels like a decision you made.

Sep 24 • The Next Evolution

Available at Midnight

*When a system sounds like it cares, something in us believes it — and something quietly changes.*

Sep 24 • The Next Evolution

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