Tag: Radical Uncertainty
Rethinking Risk
To mark the end of his time as an Independent Director at Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, John was interviewed by James Anderson,...
Finance in the Public Interest
John participated in a panel discussion on finance in the public interest, hosted by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. He was...
What Happens Next: Radical Uncertainty in 6 Minutes
John joined the What Happens Next podcast to summarise Radical Uncertainty in just 6 minutes, as well as answering questions that dive...
What Do We Think of When We Think of Capital Cities?
In 2010, as South Sudan was preparing to gain independence from Sudan, an intriguing proposal was suggested. Why not design its cities...
Iolanthe on My Mind
I often think it's comical
That Nature always does contrive
That every boy and every gal
When mega-projects become mega-disasters
John joined Bronwen Maddox, Nicholas Westcott, Baroness Amos, and Giles Wilkes to discuss what we can learn from the groundnuts scheme and...
Discrimination in University Admissions
The use of algorithms to award examination grades has led to chaos. Readers of the chapter on Probability and the Law in...
Embracing obliquity at a time of radical uncertainty
I recently spoke with Dr Lígia Teixeria, CEO of the Centre for Homelessness Impact, on the importance of understanding obliquity and radical...
Michael Gove, John von Neumann, and the Reverend Thomas Bayes
Michael Gove’s thoughtful, even inspiring, Ditchley lecture confirmed his reputation as an unusually intellectual exception to the uninspiring norm of our politicians....
The Two Envelope Problem
You are offered the choice of two envelopes and are told that one contains twice as much money as the other. You make...
