1. Ok, I’ve been talking to my postman. Wonderful guy. Short nostalgic thread.
Firstly, on top of his postal duties, he works two other jobs. He’s not a young man. I don’t know how he does it and I have no idea how long he can really meet those kind of demands. He is always...

2) cheerful and he’s the kind of guy who remembers your kids’ names and gives them little treats. He’s a part of the community. However, simmering under the surface of this guy’s life is the ever present eye of technology, constantly monitoring him and judging his performance...

3) ...; slicing up his day into a designated time allowance for each house, each street, each area he serves. He works like a dog.
Chatting to him got me thinking. What happened to the future we were promised? Why is he working harder not smarter and easier? Why is technology...

4)...designed to make his life a misery? And, yes, why does he need three jobs to survive? So the future I was promised when I was a kid, the future of robots and leisure and rising living standards was cancelled. When? Why? By whom? Is this the future we voted for? A world where

5)...everyone needs a side hustle just to pay their bills; a world where the economy is rigged to keep us too busy and too exhausted and too insecure to think. This it? Is this all we could imagine for ourselves? Who does this actually benefit? So have a chat with the people...

6)...who provide your services: the nurses, the posties, the teachers, the plumbers - you might learn something. And if you ever find who stole the future or if you can ever explain just why we voted to kill it - please tell me. Meanwhile #VoteLabour12December to get it back.