The new face of interviews
Apparently companies are now using AI and face recognition to identify the best candidates. Unilever is among companies using this technology to analyse the language, tone and facial expressions of candidates when they are asked a set of identical job questions which they film on their mobile phone or laptop. The algorithms select the best […]
Cap the rich
It is not quite true that behind every great fortune lies a great crime. Musicians and novelists, for example, can become extremely rich by giving other people pleasure. But it does appear to be universally true that in front of every great fortune lies a great crime. Immense wealth translates automatically into immense environmental impacts, […]
Come on you slackers
A study, possibly not a particularly rigorous one, has found that, for peak mental health benefits, we should work just one day a week. The study found that the risk of mental health problems reduced by 30% when people did work of eight hours or less per week. One day of employment is the most […]
Should we adopt the French working-week?
What might happen to working hours under a new labour government? Well, according to the results of a new study, nothing much. The study, commissioned by the Labour party, looking into a French-style cap on the length of the working week, has rejected the idea of 35-hour working weeks. The report, by the cross-bench peer […]
A long, but fascinating, article on Echo Chambers
The University of Kansas is the largest university in the sunflower state. Founded in 1865 on a hill in the town of Lawrence, it has since expanded to five campuses, mainly in woodland. Speak to the students, and you get a sense not just of the social buzz of the university, but also its scale. […]
Mind your language
Is it acceptable to swear at work? The Thick of It was a BBC comedy set in the world of politics, made remarkable by the future Doctor Who (Peter Capaldi), stealing every scene he was in, playing spin-doctor, Malcolm Tucker, with a bravura display of alpaha-male cursing. A couple of choice examples: “You can’t have […]
