To look at this photograph of Trump is to glimpse the darkness and chaos to come
What’s most extraordinary is the extent to which Trump himself knows the scene, and knows exactly how to play it
Like all Dubliners, I question my life choices, especially when I’m trying to cross the street
How will preventing motorists from driving through the city centre without stopping in the city centre hurt trade in the city centre?
We are up to our bleary eyes in advice. Surely no generation in history has been so relentlessly counselled
We all now spend an insane amount of time staring at our phones, most of which time is devoted to the consumption of completely meaningless content
As Ireland’s political establishment slides into dotage, our politicians are getting younger
At age 33, Jack Chambers became the youngest Minister for Finance since 1919 this week. But despite his youth, he is not an avatar of change
‘Art should not be political’ is an argument made by those who haven’t thought enough about either
In the real world - where bombs fall on children, oceans rise, and art of real value is made - politics is not an exam subject any of us can take or leave
A hamster falls down a hole, and I learn something about death and dying and loss
I have fallen for a new podcast series which is ostensibly about animals, but is really a joyful and melancholy celebration of humans, among other creatures
AI has its strong points. Intelligence isn’t one of them
If the postwar computer scientists who conceived of AI had chosen a different name such as ‘applied statistics’, we would be spared a lot of confusion
The Kafkaesque charade on Dublin’s Grand Canal is not ‘common sense’. It is common stupidity
In preventing homeless people from finding a place of temporary shelter, the authorities have wrecked a particularly lovely public space
‘What are your reasons for opposing mass slaughter?’ is not a serious question
At students protests in Ireland, the UK and the US, politicians are rightly being confronted with a wall of blankness and silence
On Instagram I see the body of a Palestinian toddler, an ad for a wetsuit, Oprah talking
How can we just go about our business while Gaza's overwhelming horror unfolds within our field of vision?
With one stupid video, Apple gave us a neat metaphor for Silicon Valley’s cultural vandalism
If the makers of its new ad were trying to come up with a neat metaphor for Silicon Valley’s destructive presence in the culture industry, they could hardly have come up with anything better
A tech entrepreneur chases immortality: Bryan Johnson is 46. Soon, he plans to turn 18
If I were a novelist looking to dramatise capitalism, this story would be hard to resist
Would even paradise itself be worth the suffering of a single tortured child?
I am tempted to say that it is impossible to imagine the suffering of six-year-old Hind Rajab in her final hours. But I don’t know that that’s true. What’s true, perhaps, is that I can’t face imagining it
I bought into the idea that wellness guru Andrew Huberman could fix my life. Then I read about him
Does it matter if the paragon of the scientifically-optimised existence is actually kind of a jerk in real life?