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John Ruskin, one of the most prolific of nineteenth-century authors, first made a name as a writer on art with Modern Painters. His study of art and architecture in Britain and Europe led him to a consideration of the conditions of the people who lived in the same world as his art. His interests broadened to embrace social and political economy, and ideas which he propounded in such books as Unto This Last have had a profound effect on life today. William Morris, Bernard Shaw and many othe rearly socialists practised what Ruskin had preached. His Utopian Guild of St. George sought to...

Jim Dearden's latest book, A John Ruskin Collection, brings together a lifetime's worth of articles on the lives of John Ruskin and those around him

The law of unintended consequences warns that an intervention in a complex system invariably creates unanticipated and often undesirable outcomes. Predicting the future is a complex business - digital computers were simply not up to the task. Early in the 21st century a new type of computer was invented - an organic based computer that mimicked the action of neurons. Using massively parallel computing power and goal seeking software - artificial intelligence was no longer a far off dream. Breakthroughs in synthetic DNA construction opened new techniques for building memory, processing,...