Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button.

Spreading an idea is hard work.

There are hardly any apprenticeships in care; hardly any schools preparing teenagers for jobs in care; and few signs that politicians know what to do to raise the status and rewards for what will soon be one of our most important industries.

A lot of people in government don't really read books at all.

The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs.

Democratic nation states remain far more capable of managing the circuit of coercion, taxation and legitimation than any transnational bodies.

Courses can, and should, incorporate the excitement and fun of programming games, apps or even real digital devices.