As things stand at the moment, Substack is a good host for both this blog, and our sister project, At the grassroots. Compared to when we used to host our blogs on Wordpress, we’re getting a lot more in the way of views and engagement here on Substack.
On a related note, I wish our government would enshrine in law the maintaining of the analogue copper wire telephone network. So people will have communication in power cuts (local mobile mast power supplies fail too). And every company should have a protocol for some form of operational ability without the internet and only landlines.
There is no escaping the digital world unless you turn it off.
On an encouraging note re papers - The Light Paper has developed quite a following……..
On a related note, I wish our government would enshrine in law the maintaining of the analogue copper wire telephone network. So people will have communication in power cuts (local mobile mast power supplies fail too). And every company should have a protocol for some form of operational ability without the internet and only landlines.