Writer, presenter, student of philosophy, lapsed comedian. Author: ‘Technology is Not the Problem’ & ‘Big Data: does size matter?’ Bayesian in the streets, Kantian in the sheets.https://bsky.app/profile/timandraharkness.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/timandraharkness.bsky.social/post/3llflonm2m22tyoutu.be/Vo3E8wgKnSQ Find out who won the #AbelPrize2025, see me interview the winner and attempt to explain some very hard maths using a child’s construction toy & fruit https://youtu.be/Vo3E8wgKnSQ28 Mar 2025 00:47 +0000at://did:plc:tcinwirrvmuhacwlh6u652jj/app.bsky.feed.post/3llflonm2m22thttps://bsky.app/profile/timandraharkness.bsky.social/post/3lkxl7qwsb22pI’m excited to be going to Oslo this weekend to help bring the Abel Prize for Mathematics to a wider audience. This year’s winner will be revealed on Wednesday 26th March at noon (Oslo time - 1100 GMT) abelprize.no https://abelprize.no/22 Mar 2025 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:tcinwirrvmuhacwlh6u652jj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkxl7qwsb22phttps://bsky.app/profile/timandraharkness.bsky.social/post/3lhyb6qku2s2aI wrote this for @unherd.bsky.social about proof, doubt, and what it takes to be convinced - on Adam Kucharsky’ excellent new book. @adamjkucharski.bsky.social https://unherd.com/2025/02/scepticism-wont-save-you/12 Feb 2025 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:tcinwirrvmuhacwlh6u652jj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyb6qku2s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/timandraharkness.bsky.social/post/3lgggguppts2xTonight! 7pm. British Library. AI and Libraries… come and discuss [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jan 2025 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:tcinwirrvmuhacwlh6u652jj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgggguppts2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/timandraharkness.bsky.social/post/3lg6ijqtfdc2wInterested in libraries? Care about AI? In London on Thursday? Come along and discuss AI and libraries with a stellar panel: https://www.seetickets.com/event/libraries-and-ai-opportunity-or-threat-/british-library/318844720 Jan 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:tcinwirrvmuhacwlh6u652jj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6ijqtfdc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/timandraharkness.bsky.social/post/3ldpy4cdzp22fLooking forward to facing audience questions this evening on @bbcradio4.bsky.social - Any Questions, 8pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002622z20 Dec 2024 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:tcinwirrvmuhacwlh6u652jj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldpy4cdzp22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/timandraharkness.bsky.social/post/3ldie57cbfk2o“The Online Safety Act aspired to make the internet a safer place. We might ask: safer for whom, and from whom? What started as an attempt to make it safer for children has become an ever-widening system of control.” Me for @unherd.bsky.social https://unherd.com/newsroom/new-ofcom-guidance-will-stifle-free-speech-online/17 Dec 2024 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:tcinwirrvmuhacwlh6u652jj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldie57cbfk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timandraharkness.bsky.social/post/3ld6esjyqy22jHappy Friday 13th! If you’re lucky you can hear me on Radio 4 at 9pm with a fabulous line up…13 Dec 2024 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:tcinwirrvmuhacwlh6u652jj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6esjyqy22j