My view is that reports of the decline of masculinity are probably premature. For a couple of generations, the relative value of masculine work has been dropping, but I can see this reversing - I… (View Post)

Interesting article, with which I agree with more than I disagree. Particularly the firsf and final bullets. I think an important distinction to make is that it's not that young men are voting r… (View Post)

No, I'm with Leon on this point of extreme pedantry. Schengen meant no limitations to movement within the Schengen area. There now are limitations. So it's been suspended. (View Post)

It's not really the top third, though. It's anyone below the top 1% and above the bottom 45%. Someone in a £4m detached house in Richmond who goes on two skiing holidays a year and employs … (View Post)

But the world is human shaped. There is no more useful shape for doing tasks that humans do than the shape of a human. Why have 20 specialist robots cluttering the place up when you can have one gene… (View Post)