Author Martin Amos has died at the age of 73. The Intelligence's Will Rowe pays tribute to his friend and fellow writer. He talks about how he felt Britain was in a state of fast decline. And why it is so important for young writers to be given time by their elders.
From infantry to air defences and even electronic warfare, improved strategies and engineering could threaten Ukraine’s counter-offensive plans. How can these ramped-up defences be breached? What would a world of superintelligent AI look like? We use economic theory to conduct a thought experiment. And a tribute to the British novelist Martin Amis.
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