The truth about AI water use (Odds and Ends #83)

Plus how Google Maps is warping the restaurant industry, the moral case for autonomous cars, and more.

Photo by Nicholas Doherty on Unsplash

POD! A massive episode of The Abundance Agenda this week. We talk about calls to revive Crossrail 2, a massive pile of rubbish in Oxfordshire, and speak to Laura Ryan from the Tony Blair Institute about her pitch to revolutionise British science by building new laboratories focused on creating ‘disruptive’ inventions. Listen here, or wherever you get your pods!

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Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your semi-regular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen lately – plus some shorter takes.

This time around I’m featuring:

• My favourite discourse beef of the last few weeks

• An unfortunate decorating choice

• How Google Maps is crowning winners and losers

• The moral case for self-driving cars

• …And how self-driving could re-shape our second-tier cities

• China’s rewiring of the innovation pipeline

• And an absolutely sick Indian metal band

So let’s get started!