ESSAYS




1. Incompetence Dynamics
: beyond the Peter Principle
    Or
    Why is it that everyone in high places is a bloody idiot?

2. On Artificial Intelligence
:
 
Some thoughts on the nature of the beast

3. The Chinese Room
:
   
A critique of John Searle's attempt to discredit AI.

4. Investigative Narrative
:
   
A new approach to an old problem
    A discussion on interactive fiction and a strategy to beat
    the combinatorial explosion.

5. Sowing Connections: Instructions to myself

6. See Compartments?
:  Mental Boxes

7. E-Government
:  A distributed parliament for Scotland

8. Modularisation
:  A critique of educational trends

9. Professional Targets
:  A critique of the practice of setting targets for professional performance

10. The Scottish Election Count (2007)
:  And how to fix it

11. SCOTNEWS: A proposal for a Scottish Online news Source
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