All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism.

The once-science-fiction notion of hyper-connectivity - where we are all constantly connected to social networks and other bubbling streams of digital data - has rapidly become a widespread reality.

Cities simply don't have the powers they need to radically innovate in cutting obesity or the number of disaffected teenagers.

All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism.

Spreading an idea is hard work.

As with products on supermarket shelves, the public has a right to know where their financial products and services come from.

The smug complacency of technology adverts disguises a pretty mixed picture, with too many people not connected, too many passive users of technologies designed for interactive, and far too much talk about empowerment but far too little action to make it happen.