Nabokov and Freud
From Strong Opinions, Interview: 6 “Strong Opinions” is a collection of interviews with Nabokov. I have blogged before about rediscovering my love of Nabokov in recent years, following falling a…
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“Ample food and sleep” : A thought on retrospective diagnosis, visions and full bellies
From Geoffrey Moorhouse’s fine bookSun Dancing A clinical diagnosis of Aedh’s erotic and other visions would doubtless have concluded that , whatever shaped them in his psyche, they were triggered…
“The myths of the digital native and the multitasker”
Originally posted on A Medical Education:
One common rhetorical device heard in technology circles – including eHealth circles – is the idea that those born after 1980, or maybe 1984,…
“Genius is a much abused word” – piece on Goethe and the “Great Man” school of history for Eurotimes, 2008
On my other blog I have very occasionally posted copies of reviews I did for Eurotimes, the journal of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. Such gems of…
Information underload – Mike Caulfied on the limits of #Watson, #AI and #BigData
Originally posted on A Medical Education:
From Mike Caufield, a piece that reminds me of the adage Garbage In, Garbage Out: For many years, the underlying thesis of the tech world has…
Happy World Listening Day!
It is World Listening Day. I am a bit leery of too many confected “Days” However, anything that encourages listening is itself to be encouraged. From the World Listening Project…
Review of “The Broken Boy”, Patrick Cockburn, Guardian, 9th July 2005
Originally posted on A Medical Education:
My other Guardian piece, from over a decade ago. I would end up knowing Cork a lot better in subsequent years. It is generally OK,…
“The Glamour of the West” D L Kelleher, 1928
The Glamour of the West seems to be part of a series by D L Kelleher, following on from The Glamour of Dublin and The Glamour of Cork. Kelleher is an obscure figure now.…
Séamus Sweeney 