I don't think it is the technology per se although there are some pretty horrendous applications of it, but how it is being used as a replacement for human endeavour in the pursuit of efficiency which is in my mind a false goal.

I am sure this is what happens after a populist government. The world leading is all rhetoric. Then again you could go full-on populist don’t do audits and claim there’s no problem

The area is bleak and fascinating. And although a bit off most people’s beaten path it is worth a visit before it is gone. In a way it reminds me of Wapping in the early 90s

The Irk Valley was hidden from most people but the area and its otherworldliness is slowly disappearing with the encroachment of property development

The area inspired Marx and Engels and Angel Meadows now surrounded by tower blocks was notorious with Engels describing it as an area of squalor and purification.

Further pics from yesterday. You do feel the bleak and otherworldliness of the Irk valley and a unique world that once inspired Marx and Engels slowly disappearing

The Irk underground #joydiversion