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Is software literally eating the world?

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Recently it was revealed that Coca Cola produces 3m tonnes of plastic packaging a year, which is equivalent to 200,000 bottles a minute. This revelation was part of a global commitment led by the New Plastics Economy to raise awareness of the sheer scale of single-use waste that we are creating. After decades of relentless production of materials that end up in landfills, we are beginning to take notice of our waste problem. This spans […]

Growth, but at what cost?

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Tough times at Revolut. Image credit to Monito on Flickr. Get (sh)it done How does this Slack message make you feel? There are a number of aspects to this message that make me feel uneasy. The threatening tone. An expectation to work weekends. The open, public declaration of there being a watch list, and the open, public threat that you might get put on it. A “simple rule”, which is that staff that do not […]