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56,966 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0e6f5-9399-7127-b611-6b984613129e", "title": "I’ve moved my blog to Substack…", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2021/07/19/ive-moved-my-blog-to-substack/", "published_at": "2021-07-19T18:00:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6f5-9399-7127-b611-6b9846fc4c8b", "title": "Statement regarding No10 claims today", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2021/04/23/statement-regarding-no10-claims-today/", "published_at": "2021-04-23T15:50:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6f5-9399-7127-b611-6b9847de025e", "title": "‘Two hands are a lot’ — we’re hiring data scientists, project managers, policy experts, assorted weirdos…", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2020/01/02/two-hands-are-a-lot-were-hiring-data-scientists-project-managers-policy-experts-assorted-weirdos/", "published_at": "2020-01-02T17:26:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6f5-9399-7127-b611-6b9848ab66d3", "title": "On the referendum #34: BATSIGNAL!! DON’T LET CORBYN-STURGEON CHEAT A SECOND REFERENDUM WITH MILLIONS OF FOREIGN VOTES", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2019/11/27/on-the-referendum-34-batsignal-dont-let-corbyn-sturgeon-cheat-a-second-referendum-with-millions-of-foreign-votes/", "published_at": "2019-11-27T16:54:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6f5-9399-7127-b611-6b98498b9a57", "title": "On the referendum #33: High performance government, ‘cognitive technologies’, Michael Nielsen, Bret Victor, & ‘Seeing Rooms’", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2019/06/26/on-the-referendum-33-high-performance-government-cognitive-technologies-michael-nielsen-bret-victor-seeing-rooms/", "published_at": "2019-06-26T16:28:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6f5-9399-7127-b611-6b98499aa4be", "title": "On the referendum #24N: Actions have consequences", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2019/03/27/on-the-referendum-24n-actions-have-consequences/", "published_at": "2019-03-27T10:52:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6f5-9399-7127-b611-6b984a62efee", "title": "On the referendum #32: Science/productivity — a) small teams are more disruptive, b) ‘science is becoming far less efficient’", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2019/03/11/on-the-referendum-32-science-productivity-a-small-teams-are-more-disruptive-b-science-is-becoming-far-less-efficient/", "published_at": "2019-03-11T10:15:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6f5-9399-7127-b611-6b984b37b7dc", "title": "Complexity and prediction VI: a model predicts the frequency and severity of interstate wars, ‘a profound mystery for which we have no explanation’", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2019/03/06/complexity-and-prediction-vi-a-model-predicts-the-frequency-and-severity-of-interstate-wars-a-profound-mystery-for-which-we-have-no-explanation/", "published_at": "2019-03-06T13:41:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6f5-9399-7127-b611-6b984b56aaf7", "title": "The most secure bio-labs routinely make errors that could cause a global pandemic & are about to re-start experiments on pathogens engineered to make them mammalian-airborne-transmissible", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2019/03/04/the-most-secure-bio-labs-routinely-make-errors-that-could-cause-a-global-pandemic-are-about-to-re-start-experiments-on-pathogens-engineered-to-make-them-mammalian-airborne-transmissible/", "published_at": "2019-03-04T13:17:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e6f5-9399-7127-b611-6b984ba9d3eb", "title": "On the referendum #31: Project Maven, procurement, lollapalooza results & nuclear/AGI safety", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2019/03/01/on-the-referendum-31-project-maven-procurement-lollapalooza-results-nuclear-agi-safety/", "published_at": "2019-03-01T16:35:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e707-90b5-70ec-8fc5-916f694ea93c", "title": "On the referendum #30: Genetics, genomics, predictions & ‘the Gretzky game’ — a chance for Britain to help the world", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2019/02/21/on-the-referendum-29-genetics-genomics-predictions-the-gretzky-game-a-chance-for-britain-to-help-the-world/", "published_at": "2019-02-21T12:24:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e707-90b5-70ec-8fc5-916f6a27d90d", "title": "#29 On the referendum & #4c on Expertise: On the ARPA/PARC ‘Dream Machine’, science funding, high performance, and UK national strategy", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/09/11/29-on-the-referendum-4c-on-expertise-on-the-arpa-parc-dream-machine-science-funding-high-performance-and-uk-national-strategy/", "published_at": "2018-09-11T14:24:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e707-90b5-70ec-8fc5-916f6ad1580b", "title": "On the referendum #28: Some interesting stuff on AI/ML with, hopefully, implications for post-May/Hammond decisions", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/08/08/on-the-referendum-28-some-interesting-stuff-on-ai-ml-with-hopefully-implications-for-post-may-hammond-decisions/", "published_at": "2018-08-08T10:10:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e707-90b5-70ec-8fc5-916f6b4d7eaf", "title": "On the referendum #24M: Carole asks me questions, I answer — can MPs handle the truth?", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/07/28/on-the-referendum-24m-carole-asks-me-questions-i-answer-can-mps-handle-the-truth/", "published_at": "2018-07-28T09:36:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e707-90b5-70ec-8fc5-916f6be14a82", "title": "On referendum #24L: Fake news from the fake news committee, Carole, and a rematch against the public", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/07/27/on-referendum-24l-fake-news-from-the-fake-news-committee-carole-and-a-rematch-against-the-public/", "published_at": "2018-07-27T12:42:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e707-90b5-70ec-8fc5-916f6c0be08b", "title": "On the referendum #24K: Observer fake news and a suggestion — I and the MPs discuss this with all of us under oath", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/07/22/on-the-referendum-24k-observer-fake-news-and-a-suggestion-me-and-the-mps-discuss-this-with-all-of-us-under-oath/", "published_at": "2018-07-22T15:20:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e707-90b5-70ec-8fc5-916f6c3c029b", "title": "Should we trust London police (and therefore the Mayor’s/Home Office’s) claims on crime stats?", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/06/18/should-we-trust-london-police-and-therefore-the-mayors-claims-on-crime-stats/", "published_at": "2018-06-18T12:09:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e707-90b5-70ec-8fc5-916f6d0b09a4", "title": "On the referendum #27: Banks, Russia, conspiracies and Vote Leave", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/06/11/on-the-referendum-27-banks-russia-conspiracies-and-vote-leave/", "published_at": "2018-06-11T10:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e707-90b5-70ec-8fc5-916f6d9ac93f", "title": "On the referendum #26: How to change science funding post-Brexit [updated with comment by Alan Kay]", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/06/08/on-the-referendum-25-how-to-change-science-funding-post-brexit/", "published_at": "2018-06-08T10:06:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e707-90b5-70ec-8fc5-916f6e38fe69", "title": "Effective action #4b: ‘Expertise’, prediction and noise, from the NHS killing people to Brexit", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/06/05/effective-action-4b-expertise-prediction-and-noise-from-the-nhs-killing-people-to-brexit/", "published_at": "2018-06-05T10:41:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e712-9224-73b3-9c1c-3f54feaa11c2", "title": "On the referendum #24J: Collins, grandstanding, empty threats & the plan for a rematch against the public", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/05/24/on-the-referendum-24j-collins-grandstanding-empty-threats-the-plan-for-a-rematch-against-the-public/", "published_at": "2018-05-24T14:20:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e712-9224-73b3-9c1c-3f54feb910af", "title": "On the referendum #25: a letter to Tory MPs & donors on the Brexit shambles", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/05/23/on-the-referendum-25-a-letter-to-tory-mps-donors-on-the-brexit-shambles/", "published_at": "2018-05-23T16:16:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e712-9224-73b3-9c1c-3f54ff71297a", "title": "Effective action #4a: ‘Expertise’ from fighting and physics to economics, politics and government", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/05/22/effective-action-4a-expertise-from-fighting-and-physics-to-economics-politics-and-government/", "published_at": "2018-05-22T12:20:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e712-9224-73b3-9c1c-3f54ffcf98f6", "title": "State-of-the-art in AI #1: causality, hypotheticals, and robots with free will & capacity for evil (UPDATED)", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/05/21/technology-the-state-of-the-art-in-ai-causality-and-hypotheticals/", "published_at": "2018-05-21T14:32:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e712-9224-73b3-9c1c-3f5500248ea0", "title": "On the referendum 24I: new research on Facebook & ‘psychographic’ microtargeting", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/05/21/on-the-referendum-24i-new-research-on-facebook-psychographic-microtargeting/", "published_at": "2018-05-21T11:23:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e712-9224-73b3-9c1c-3f5500bbb2f1", "title": "On the referendum #24H: Facebook, data science, technology, elections, and transparency", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/05/18/on-the-referendum-24h-facebook-data-science-technology-elections-and-transparency/", "published_at": "2018-05-18T10:05:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e712-9224-73b3-9c1c-3f5500efc5d0", "title": "On the referendum #24G: Grandstanding MPs and the Zoolander inquiry", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/05/10/on-the-referendum-24g-grandstanding-mps-and-the-zoolander-inquiry/", "published_at": "2018-05-10T15:10:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e712-9224-73b3-9c1c-3f5500f69087", "title": "On the referendum #24F: Another central claim of the Observer/Channel 4 conspiracy blows up", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/04/27/on-the-referendum-24f-another-central-claim-of-the-observer-channel-4-conspiracy-blows-up/", "published_at": "2018-04-27T14:39:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e712-9224-73b3-9c1c-3f5501f516df", "title": "On the referendum #24E: Facebook proves central allegation in Observer/Channel 4 conspiracy theory is wrong", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/04/26/on-the-referendum-24e-facebook-proves-central-allegation-in-observer-channel-4-conspiracy-theory-is-wrong/", "published_at": "2018-04-26T14:06:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e712-9224-73b3-9c1c-3f55022f90c5", "title": "On the referendum #24D: Walter Mitty, CA, and the Guardian/Observer’s own ‘personal data harvesting’", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/03/28/on-the-referendum-24d-walter-mitty-cambridge-analytica-facebook-and-the-guardian-observer/", "published_at": "2018-03-28T13:40:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e723-d4fa-71b8-a78c-8625a38261d5", "title": "On the referendum #24C: Whistleblowers and C4/Observer accusations — they promised Watergate and delivered Zoolander", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/03/24/on-the-referendum-24c-the-whistleblowers-and-channel-4-observer-accusations/", "published_at": "2018-03-24T18:06:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e723-d4fa-71b8-a78c-8625a3fd50d9", "title": "On the referendum #24B: Whistleblowers, ‘outing’, the ECHR", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/03/24/on-the-referendum-24b-whistleblowers-outing-the-echr/", "published_at": "2018-03-24T10:54:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e723-d4fa-71b8-a78c-8625a4d5d5eb", "title": "On the referendum #24: Global conspiracies and a Scooby Doo ending?", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2018/03/23/on-the-referendum-24-global-conspiracies-and-a-scooby-doo-ending/", "published_at": "2018-03-23T13:48:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e723-d4fa-71b8-a78c-8625a557ea17", "title": "Review of Allison’s book on US/China & nuclear destruction, and some connected thoughts on technology, the EU, and space", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2017/09/29/review-of-allisons-book-on-uschina-nuclear-destruction-and-some-connected-thoughts-on-technology-the-eu-and-space/", "published_at": "2017-09-29T09:59:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e723-d4fa-71b8-a78c-8625a5e16930", "title": "The unrecognised simplicities of effective action #3: lessons on ‘capturing the heavens’ from the ARPA/PARC project that created the internet & PC", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2017/06/27/the-unrecognised-simplicities-of-effective-action-3-lessons-on-capturing-the-heavens-from-the-arpaparc-project-that-created-the-internet-pc/", "published_at": "2017-06-27T11:12:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e723-d4fa-71b8-a78c-8625a6ab87c1", "title": "On the referendum #23, a year after victory: ‘a change of perspective is worth 80 IQ points’ & ‘how to capture the heavens’", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2017/06/23/on-the-referendum-23-a-year-after-victory-a-change-of-perspective-is-worth-80-iq-points-how-to-capture-the-heavens/", "published_at": "2017-06-23T15:43:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e723-d4fa-71b8-a78c-8625a6f2fe29", "title": "Complexity and Prediction Part V: The crisis of mathematical paradoxes, Gödel, Turing and the basis of computing", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2017/06/16/complexity-and-prediction-part-v-the-crisis-of-mathematical-paradoxes-godel-turing-and-the-basis-of-computing/", "published_at": "2017-06-16T15:35:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e723-d4fa-71b8-a78c-8625a779b1ff", "title": "Unrecognised simplicities of effective action #2(b): the Apollo programme, the Tory train wreck, and advice to spads starting work today", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2017/06/12/the-unrecognised-simplicities-of-effective-action-2b-the-apollo-programme-the-tory-train-wreck-and-advice-to-spads-starting-work-today/", "published_at": "2017-06-12T16:01:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e723-d4fa-71b8-a78c-8625a7cb3349", "title": "Unrecognised simplicities of effective action #2: ‘Systems’ thinking — ideas from the Apollo programme for a ‘systems politics’", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2017/02/14/unrecognised-simplicities-of-effective-action-2-systems-thinking-ideas-from-the-apollo-programme-for-a-systems-politics/", "published_at": "2017-02-14T15:11:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e723-d4fb-71aa-84f9-da75994d686f", "title": "On the referendum #22: Some numbers for the Vote Leave campaign", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2017/01/30/on-the-referendum-22-some-numbers-for-the-vote-leave-campaign/", "published_at": "2017-01-30T12:14:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e739-bf15-73f4-b63b-6416798ecf9a", "title": "Specialist maths schools – some facts", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2017/01/23/specialists-maths-schools-some-facts/", "published_at": "2017-01-23T12:32:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e739-bf15-73f4-b63b-64167a87ef84", "title": "Please help: how to make a big improvement in the alignment of political parties’ incentives with the public interest?", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2017/01/14/please-help-how-to-make-a-big-improvement-in-the-alignment-of-political-parties-incentives-with-the-public-interest/", "published_at": "2017-01-14T13:43:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e739-bf15-73f4-b63b-64167b50be29", "title": "Unrecognised simplicities of effective action #1: expertise and a quadrillion dollar business", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2017/01/13/unrecognised-simplicities-of-effective-action-1-expertise-and-a-quadrillion-dollar-business/", "published_at": "2017-01-13T16:29:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e739-bf15-73f4-b63b-64167b8dd980", "title": "On the referendum #21: Branching histories of the 2016 referendum and ‘the frogs before the storm’", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2017/01/09/on-the-referendum-21-branching-histories-of-the-2016-referendum-and-the-frogs-before-the-storm-2/", "published_at": "2017-01-09T15:39:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e739-bf15-73f4-b63b-64167bc1fdd6", "title": "A review of Tetlock’s ‘Superforecasting’ (2015)", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2016/11/24/a-review-of-tetlocks-superforecasting-2015/", "published_at": "2016-11-24T13:22:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e739-bf15-73f4-b63b-64167bc5bab2", "title": "On the referendum #20: the campaign, physics and data science – Vote Leave’s ‘Voter Intention Collection System’ (VICS) now available for all", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2016/10/29/on-the-referendum-20-the-campaign-physics-and-data-science-vote-leaves-voter-intention-collection-system-vics-now-available-for-all/", "published_at": "2016-10-29T09:11:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e739-bf15-73f4-b63b-64167c01560d", "title": "On the referendum #19: Final message from Vote Leave HQ to our supporters", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2016/07/03/coming-soon-some-thoughts-on-the-referendum-campaign/", "published_at": "2016-07-03T11:46:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e739-bf15-73f4-b63b-64167d00480b", "title": "On the referendum #18: the ECJ uses the Charter of Fundamental Rights to take more power over the UK, this is just the start", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/10/06/on-the-referendum-18-the-ecj-uses-the-charter-of-fundamental-rights-to-take-more-power-over-the-uk-this-is-just-the-start/", "published_at": "2015-10-06T13:14:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e739-bf15-73f4-b63b-64167d94adbe", "title": "On the referendum #17: The state of the campaign", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/09/26/on-the-referendum-17-the-state-of-the-campaign-2/", "published_at": "2015-09-26T13:12:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e739-bf15-73f4-b63b-64167dfe5e81", "title": "On the referendum #16: New ICM poll shows differential turnout could be important, only a third support the failing EU project", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/09/15/on-the-referendum-16-new-icm-poll-shows-differential-turnout-could-be-important-only-a-third-support-the-failing-eu-project/", "published_at": "2015-09-15T10:24:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e748-dba5-7343-bb11-97e44d07b0e8", "title": "On the referendum #15: Good news, Cameron changes the question – and a new poll", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/09/01/on-the-referendum-15-cameron-changes-the-question-good-news/", "published_at": "2015-09-01T12:38:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e748-dba5-7343-bb11-97e44d9b8c16", "title": "On the referendum #14: latest ICM poll, numbers move slightly toward NO but normal variation", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/08/26/on-the-referendum-14-latest-icm-poll-numbers-move-slightly-toward-no-but-normal-variation/", "published_at": "2015-08-26T07:21:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e748-dba5-7343-bb11-97e44dc0d084", "title": "On the referendum #13: new ICM poll shows growing support for Yes/In; couple of other thoughts on education and judgement", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/08/18/on-the-referendum-13-new-icm-poll-shows-growing-support-for-yesin-couple-of-other-thoughts-on-education-and-judgement/", "published_at": "2015-08-18T09:30:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e748-dba5-7343-bb11-97e44e38426c", "title": "On the referendum #12: new ICM poll shows 46-36 for staying in the EU; education, BBC, propaganda, Willie Munzenberg", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/08/08/on-the-referendum-12-new-icm-poll-shows-46-36-for-staying-in-the-eu-education-bbc-propaganda-willie-munzenberg/", "published_at": "2015-08-08T17:30:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e748-dba5-7343-bb11-97e44e542573", "title": "On the referendum #11: new ICM poll on a second referendum idea, Boris etc", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/07/20/on-the-referendum-11-new-icm-poll-on-a-second-referendum-idea-boris-etc/", "published_at": "2015-07-20T13:43:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e748-dba5-7343-bb11-97e44e6a9362", "title": "On the referendum #10: Do you want to be a hammer or an anvil? Building a team for the NO campaign", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/07/07/on-the-referendum-10-do-you-want-to-be-a-hammer-or-an-anvil-building-a-team-for-the-no-campaign/", "published_at": "2015-07-07T17:37:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e748-dba5-7343-bb11-97e44e7568a7", "title": "Book review: How to run a Government, by Michael Barber", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/07/07/book-review-how-to-run-a-government-by-michael-barber/", "published_at": "2015-07-07T10:07:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e748-dba5-7343-bb11-97e44e95f13a", "title": "On the referendum #9: Cameron begins his renegotiation, the Commission sets out its timetable for new Treaty pre-2025, BJ & SJ make moves, a Greek ‘no’", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/07/06/on-the-referendum-9-cameron-begins-his-renegotiation-the-commission-sets-out-its-timetable-for-new-treaty-pre-2025-bj-sj-make-moves-a-greek-no/", "published_at": "2015-07-06T09:33:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e748-dba5-7343-bb11-97e44f4f9430", "title": "On the referendum #8: Unprofessional pundit – Adam Boulton", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/07/06/on-the-referendum-8-unprofessional-pundit-adam-boulton/", "published_at": "2015-07-06T09:26:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e748-dba5-7343-bb11-97e44f72bee6", "title": "On the Referendum #7: Transparency for our Potemkin government – Memo to ministers and spads thinking about how you could help the NO campaign", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/06/30/on-the-referendum-7-transparency-for-our-potemkin-government-memo-to-ministers-and-spads-thinking-about-how-you-could-help-the-no-campaign/", "published_at": "2015-06-30T09:05:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e75b-9042-7368-8b8a-1e59f5ac79f8", "title": "On the Referendum #6: Exit plans and a second referendum", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/06/23/on-the-referendum-6-exit-plans-and-a-second-referendum/", "published_at": "2015-06-23T10:25:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e75b-9042-7368-8b8a-1e59f5dafc8f", "title": "On the Referendum #5: reports of an anti-EU advertising campaign; Greece, the euro, and predictions", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/06/21/on-the-referendum-5-reports-of-an-anti-eu-advertising-campaign-greece-the-euro-and-predictions/", "published_at": "2015-06-21T14:37:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e75b-9042-7368-8b8a-1e59f689089b", "title": "On the referendum #4: An Exploratory Committee and the beginning of a NO campaign", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/06/19/on-the-referendum-4-an-exploratory-committee-and-the-beginning-of-a-no-campaign/", "published_at": "2015-06-19T11:56:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e75b-9042-7368-8b8a-1e59f6ba14b7", "title": "On the Referendum #3: The errors of Steve Richards", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/06/03/on-the-referendum-3-the-errors-of-steve-richards/", "published_at": "2015-06-03T08:48:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e75b-9042-7368-8b8a-1e59f79530e7", "title": "On the Referendum #2: The Lisbon Treaty compared with the Articles of Confederation & US Constitution", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/05/30/on-the-referendum-2-the-lisbon-treaty-compared-with-the-articles-of-confederation-us-constitution/", "published_at": "2015-05-30T15:02:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e75b-9042-7368-8b8a-1e59f832d3b3", "title": "On the Referendum #1: Gove and the Human Rights Act", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/05/11/on-the-referendum-1-gove-and-the-human-rights-act/", "published_at": "2015-05-11T11:56:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e75b-9042-7368-8b8a-1e59f91a383b", "title": "Bureaucratic cancer and the sabotage of A Level reform", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/02/05/bureaucratic-cancer-and-the-sabotage-of-a-level-reform/", "published_at": "2015-02-05T17:02:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e75b-9042-7368-8b8a-1e59f9e5a4a5", "title": "Standards In English Schools Part I: The introduction of the National Curriculum and GCSEs", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/01/27/standards-in-english-schools-part-i-the-introduction-of-the-national-curriculum-and-gcses-2/", "published_at": "2015-01-27T17:54:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e75b-9042-7368-8b8a-1e59fae56ea8", "title": "Standards In English Schools Part 0: Introduction", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/01/26/standards-in-english-schools-part-0-introduction/", "published_at": "2015-01-26T11:48:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e75b-9042-7368-8b8a-1e59fb722d14", "title": "Admin", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/01/24/admin/", "published_at": "2015-01-24T11:42:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e778-0d5d-727d-bad6-a94ef44ed9f1", "title": "International GCSEs and the DfE ban – was there a better path?", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2015/01/16/international-gcses-and-the-dfe-ban-was-there-a-better-path/", "published_at": "2015-01-16T11:46:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e778-0d5d-727d-bad6-a94ef540a1f4", "title": "Times op-ed: What Is To Be Done? An answer to Dean Acheson’s famous quip", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/12/04/times-op-ed-what-is-to-be-done-an-answer-to-dean-achesons-famous-quip/", "published_at": "2014-12-04T12:51:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e778-0d5d-727d-bad6-a94ef5fc748c", "title": "Low quality journalism from Prospect on the sensitive subject of genes and IQ", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/11/13/low-quality-journalism-from-prospect-on-the-sensitive-subject-of-genes-and-iq/", "published_at": "2014-11-13T20:32:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e778-0d5d-727d-bad6-a94ef6617bb3", "title": "The Hollow Men II: Some reflections on Westminster and Whitehall dysfunction", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/10/30/the-hollow-men-ii-some-reflections-on-westminster-and-whitehall-dysfunction/", "published_at": "2014-10-30T10:52:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e778-0d5d-727d-bad6-a94ef6fb6695", "title": "Complexity, ‘fog and moonlight’, prediction, and politics IV – The birth of computational thinking", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/09/17/complexity-fog-and-moonlight-prediction-and-politics-iv-the-birth-of-computational-thinking/", "published_at": "2014-09-17T15:27:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e778-0d5d-727d-bad6-a94ef77ec881", "title": "Complexity, ‘fog and moonlight’, prediction, and politics III – von Neumann and economics as a science", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/09/11/complexity-fog-and-moonlight-prediction-and-politics-iii-von-neumann-and-economics-as-a-science/", "published_at": "2014-09-11T13:29:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e778-0d5d-727d-bad6-a94ef7d99e76", "title": "Complexity, ‘fog and moonlight’, prediction, and politics II: controlled skids and immune systems (UPDATED)", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/09/10/complexity-fog-and-moonlight-prediction-and-politics-ii-controlled-skids-and-immune-systems/", "published_at": "2014-09-10T13:48:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e778-0d5d-727d-bad6-a94ef8a1082e", "title": "Times op-ed: The Gove reforms", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/09/10/times-op-ed-the-gove-reforms/", "published_at": "2014-09-10T09:48:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e778-0d5d-727d-bad6-a94ef94ac54b", "title": "UPDATE DOC – Open Policy Experiment 1: School Direct and Initial Teacher Training", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/08/26/update-doc-open-policy-experiment-1-school-direct-and-initial-teacher-training/", "published_at": "2014-08-26T07:59:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e778-0d5d-727d-bad6-a94ef9ab1d51", "title": "‘Standin’ by the window, where the light is strong’: de-extinction, machine intelligence, the search for extra-solar life, autonomous drone swarms bombing Parliament, genetics & IQ, science & politics, and much more @ SciFoo 2014", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/08/19/standin-by-the-window-where-the-light-is-strong-de-extinction-machine-intelligence-the-search-for-extra-solar-life-neural-networks-autonomous-drone-swarms-bombing-parliament-genetics-amp/", "published_at": "2014-08-19T15:56:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e78f-cc0c-73fa-9ba8-06bfcb2f5cd4", "title": "Open Policy Experiment 1: School Direct and Initial Teacher Training (UPDATED 25/7)", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/07/22/open-policy-experiment-1-school-direct-and-initial-teacher-training/", "published_at": "2014-07-22T15:50:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e78f-cc0c-73fa-9ba8-06bfcc16e5e9", "title": "Wargame predictions from 2010 – how well did the Cameroons do?", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/07/17/wargame-predictions-from-2010-how-well-did-the-cameroons-do/", "published_at": "2014-07-17T16:15:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e78f-cc0c-73fa-9ba8-06bfcc170e7d", "title": "Complexity, ‘fog and moonlight’, prediction, and politics I", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/07/11/complexity-fog-and-moonlight-prediction-and-politics-i/", "published_at": "2014-07-11T11:01:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e78f-cc0c-73fa-9ba8-06bfccec2834", "title": "My report for Business for Britain on the dynamics of the debate over the EU, and a small but telling process point on the EU", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/06/30/my-report-for-business-for-britain-on-the-dynamics-of-the-debate-over-the-eu-and-a-small-but-telling-process-point-on-the-eu/", "published_at": "2014-06-30T09:23:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e78f-cc0c-73fa-9ba8-06bfcd43182c", "title": "A few responses to comments, misconceptions etc about my Times interview", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/06/20/a-few-responses-to-comments-misconceptions-etc-about-my-times-interview/", "published_at": "2014-06-20T10:57:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e78f-cc0c-73fa-9ba8-06bfcd98c542", "title": "Gesture without motion from the hollow men in the bubble, and a free simple idea to improve things a lot which could be implemented in one day (Part I)", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/06/16/gesture-without-motion-from-the-hollow-men-in-the-bubble-and-a-free-simple-idea-to-improve-things-a-lot-which-could-be-implemented-in-one-day-part-i/", "published_at": "2014-06-16T12:02:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e78f-cc0c-73fa-9ba8-06bfce5f3966", "title": "Babble in the Bubble: UFSM, Clegg’s lies, and the general dysfunction of the British state", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/05/13/babble-in-the-bubble-ufsm-clegg-and-the-general-dysfunction-of-the-british-state/", "published_at": "2014-05-13T14:53:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e78f-cc0c-73fa-9ba8-06bfce907cb3", "title": "Some interesting things I’ve read recently (March)", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/04/08/some-interesting-things-ive-read-recently-march/", "published_at": "2014-04-08T16:19:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e78f-cc0c-73fa-9ba8-06bfcea2ecad", "title": "A few thoughts on free school meals, Ofsted, and an answer to S Jenkins", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/03/14/a-few-thoughts-on-free-school-meals-ofsted-and-an-answer-to-s-jenkins/", "published_at": "2014-03-14T16:11:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e78f-cc0c-73fa-9ba8-06bfcf52fc73", "title": "Some interesting things I’ve read recently", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2014/03/10/some-interesting-things-ive-read-recently/", "published_at": "2014-03-10T16:20:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e7ac-44bb-71ee-a960-4ae823f81aa3", "title": "An essay: ‘Some thoughts on education and political priorities’", "url": "https://dominiccummings.com/2013/11/19/an-essay-some-thoughts-on-education-and-political-priorities/", "published_at": "2013-11-19T18:12:22+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2021

I’ve moved my blog to Substack…original ↗
19 Jul 2021
Statement regarding No10 claims todayoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2021

2020

‘Two hands are a lot’ — we’re hiring data scientists, project managers, policy experts, assorted weirdos…original ↗
2 Jan 2020

2019

On the referendum #34: BATSIGNAL!! DON’T LET CORBYN-STURGEON CHEAT A SECOND REFERENDUM WITH MILLIONS OF FOREIGN VOTESoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2019
On the referendum #33: High performance government, ‘cognitive technologies’, Michael Nielsen, Bret Victor, & ‘Seeing Rooms’original ↗
26 Jun 2019
On the referendum #24N: Actions have consequencesoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2019
On the referendum #32: Science/productivity — a) small teams are more disruptive, b) ‘science is becoming far less efficient’original ↗
11 Mar 2019
Complexity and prediction VI: a model predicts the frequency and severity of interstate wars, ‘a profound mystery for which we have no explanation’original ↗
6 Mar 2019
The most secure bio-labs routinely make errors that could cause a global pandemic & are about to re-start experiments on pathogens engineered to make them mammalian-airborne-transmissibleoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2019
On the referendum #31: Project Maven, procurement, lollapalooza results & nuclear/AGI safetyoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2019
On the referendum #30: Genetics, genomics, predictions & ‘the Gretzky game’ — a chance for Britain to help the worldoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2019

2018

#29 On the referendum & #4c on Expertise: On the ARPA/PARC ‘Dream Machine’, science funding, high performance, and UK national strategyoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2018
On the referendum #28: Some interesting stuff on AI/ML with, hopefully, implications for post-May/Hammond decisionsoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2018
On the referendum #24M: Carole asks me questions, I answer — can MPs handle the truth?original ↗
28 Jul 2018
On referendum #24L: Fake news from the fake news committee, Carole, and a rematch against the publicoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2018
On the referendum #24K: Observer fake news and a suggestion — I and the MPs discuss this with all of us under oathoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2018
Should we trust London police (and therefore the Mayor’s/Home Office’s) claims on crime stats?original ↗
18 Jun 2018
On the referendum #27: Banks, Russia, conspiracies and Vote Leaveoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2018
On the referendum #26: How to change science funding post-Brexit [updated with comment by Alan Kay]original ↗
8 Jun 2018
Effective action #4b: ‘Expertise’, prediction and noise, from the NHS killing people to Brexitoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2018
On the referendum #24J: Collins, grandstanding, empty threats & the plan for a rematch against the publicoriginal ↗
24 May 2018
On the referendum #25: a letter to Tory MPs & donors on the Brexit shamblesoriginal ↗
23 May 2018
Effective action #4a: ‘Expertise’ from fighting and physics to economics, politics and governmentoriginal ↗
22 May 2018
State-of-the-art in AI #1: causality, hypotheticals, and robots with free will & capacity for evil (UPDATED)original ↗
21 May 2018
On the referendum 24I: new research on Facebook & ‘psychographic’ microtargetingoriginal ↗
21 May 2018
On the referendum #24H: Facebook, data science, technology, elections, and transparencyoriginal ↗
18 May 2018
On the referendum #24G: Grandstanding MPs and the Zoolander inquiryoriginal ↗
10 May 2018
On the referendum #24F: Another central claim of the Observer/Channel 4 conspiracy blows uporiginal ↗
27 Apr 2018
On the referendum #24E: Facebook proves central allegation in Observer/Channel 4 conspiracy theory is wrongoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2018
On the referendum #24D: Walter Mitty, CA, and the Guardian/Observer’s own ‘personal data harvesting’original ↗
28 Mar 2018
On the referendum #24C: Whistleblowers and C4/Observer accusations — they promised Watergate and delivered Zoolanderoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2018
On the referendum #24B: Whistleblowers, ‘outing’, the ECHRoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2018
On the referendum #24: Global conspiracies and a Scooby Doo ending?original ↗
23 Mar 2018

2017

Review of Allison’s book on US/China & nuclear destruction, and some connected thoughts on technology, the EU, and spaceoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2017
The unrecognised simplicities of effective action #3: lessons on ‘capturing the heavens’ from the ARPA/PARC project that created the internet & PCoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2017
On the referendum #23, a year after victory: ‘a change of perspective is worth 80 IQ points’ & ‘how to capture the heavens’original ↗
23 Jun 2017
Complexity and Prediction Part V: The crisis of mathematical paradoxes, Gödel, Turing and the basis of computingoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2017
Unrecognised simplicities of effective action #2(b): the Apollo programme, the Tory train wreck, and advice to spads starting work todayoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2017
Unrecognised simplicities of effective action #2: ‘Systems’ thinking — ideas from the Apollo programme for a ‘systems politics’original ↗
14 Feb 2017
On the referendum #22: Some numbers for the Vote Leave campaignoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2017
Specialist maths schools – some factsoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2017
Please help: how to make a big improvement in the alignment of political parties’ incentives with the public interest?original ↗
14 Jan 2017
Unrecognised simplicities of effective action #1: expertise and a quadrillion dollar businessoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2017
On the referendum #21: Branching histories of the 2016 referendum and ‘the frogs before the storm’original ↗
9 Jan 2017

2016

A review of Tetlock’s ‘Superforecasting’ (2015)original ↗
24 Nov 2016
On the referendum #20: the campaign, physics and data science – Vote Leave’s ‘Voter Intention Collection System’ (VICS) now available for alloriginal ↗
29 Oct 2016
On the referendum #19: Final message from Vote Leave HQ to our supportersoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2016

2015

On the referendum #18: the ECJ uses the Charter of Fundamental Rights to take more power over the UK, this is just the startoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2015
On the referendum #17: The state of the campaignoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2015
On the referendum #16: New ICM poll shows differential turnout could be important, only a third support the failing EU projectoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2015
On the referendum #15: Good news, Cameron changes the question – and a new polloriginal ↗
1 Sept 2015
On the referendum #14: latest ICM poll, numbers move slightly toward NO but normal variationoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2015
On the referendum #13: new ICM poll shows growing support for Yes/In; couple of other thoughts on education and judgementoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2015
On the referendum #12: new ICM poll shows 46-36 for staying in the EU; education, BBC, propaganda, Willie Munzenbergoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2015
On the referendum #11: new ICM poll on a second referendum idea, Boris etcoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2015
On the referendum #10: Do you want to be a hammer or an anvil? Building a team for the NO campaignoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2015
Book review: How to run a Government, by Michael Barberoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2015
On the referendum #9: Cameron begins his renegotiation, the Commission sets out its timetable for new Treaty pre-2025, BJ & SJ make moves, a Greek ‘no’original ↗
6 Jul 2015
On the referendum #8: Unprofessional pundit – Adam Boultonoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2015
On the Referendum #7: Transparency for our Potemkin government – Memo to ministers and spads thinking about how you could help the NO campaignoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2015
On the Referendum #6: Exit plans and a second referendumoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2015
On the Referendum #5: reports of an anti-EU advertising campaign; Greece, the euro, and predictionsoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2015
On the referendum #4: An Exploratory Committee and the beginning of a NO campaignoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2015
On the Referendum #3: The errors of Steve Richardsoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2015
On the Referendum #2: The Lisbon Treaty compared with the Articles of Confederation & US Constitutionoriginal ↗
30 May 2015
On the Referendum #1: Gove and the Human Rights Actoriginal ↗
11 May 2015
Bureaucratic cancer and the sabotage of A Level reformoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2015
Standards In English Schools Part I: The introduction of the National Curriculum and GCSEsoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2015
Standards In English Schools Part 0: Introductionoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2015
Adminoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2015
International GCSEs and the DfE ban – was there a better path?original ↗
16 Jan 2015

2014

Times op-ed: What Is To Be Done? An answer to Dean Acheson’s famous quiporiginal ↗
4 Dec 2014
Low quality journalism from Prospect on the sensitive subject of genes and IQoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2014
The Hollow Men II: Some reflections on Westminster and Whitehall dysfunctionoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2014
Complexity, ‘fog and moonlight’, prediction, and politics IV – The birth of computational thinkingoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2014
Complexity, ‘fog and moonlight’, prediction, and politics III – von Neumann and economics as a scienceoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2014
Complexity, ‘fog and moonlight’, prediction, and politics II: controlled skids and immune systems (UPDATED)original ↗
10 Sept 2014
Times op-ed: The Gove reformsoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2014
UPDATE DOC – Open Policy Experiment 1: School Direct and Initial Teacher Trainingoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2014
‘Standin’ by the window, where the light is strong’: de-extinction, machine intelligence, the search for extra-solar life, autonomous drone swarms bombing Parliament, genetics & IQ, science & politics, and much more @ SciFoo 2014original ↗
19 Aug 2014
Open Policy Experiment 1: School Direct and Initial Teacher Training (UPDATED 25/7)original ↗
22 Jul 2014
Wargame predictions from 2010 – how well did the Cameroons do?original ↗
17 Jul 2014
Complexity, ‘fog and moonlight’, prediction, and politics Ioriginal ↗
11 Jul 2014
My report for Business for Britain on the dynamics of the debate over the EU, and a small but telling process point on the EUoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2014
A few responses to comments, misconceptions etc about my Times intervieworiginal ↗
20 Jun 2014
Gesture without motion from the hollow men in the bubble, and a free simple idea to improve things a lot which could be implemented in one day (Part I)original ↗
16 Jun 2014
Babble in the Bubble: UFSM, Clegg’s lies, and the general dysfunction of the British stateoriginal ↗
13 May 2014
Some interesting things I’ve read recently (March)original ↗
8 Apr 2014
A few thoughts on free school meals, Ofsted, and an answer to S Jenkinsoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2014
Some interesting things I’ve read recentlyoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2014

2013

An essay: ‘Some thoughts on education and political priorities’original ↗
19 Nov 2013