Just watched ‘The Social Dilemma’, a new documentary which posits that Twitter, Facebook et al hook us in like drug dealers then use the huge amounts of data they collect to both control our lives and make their own fortunes. People have said that having watched it, they’ve immediately deleted everything and flushed their iPhones away. I don’t buy it. If these IT gurus were that clever, surely they could make a Covid tracing app that works? And arrange for Alexa to administer punishment if you break the rules? Having said all that, I was only half-watching, as I was checking my ‘phone…
“Central London office take-up second highest in Europe”
For all the talk of a ‘working from home’ revolution, it seems there’s just as much demand for office space in London and the City as ever, borne out by a very unscientific drive-by survey on my last visit to The Smoke.
