Jenny Judge is a humanities researcher at Cambridge, writing on philosophy, technology and the arts.
October 2016
This Columbus Day, let’s lose the phones and celebrate getting lost
Jenny Judge
Centuries after Christopher lost his way, today is an opportunity to defend our need for privacy and solitude – increasingly difficult in the age of GPS
July 2016
Facebook's virtual reality just attempts what artists have been doing forever
Jenny Judge
Mark Zuckerberg says VR will capture human experiences like never before – but is it really superior to what writers and artists achieved centuries ago?
May 2016
Is Freewrite 'smart typewriter' hipster bait or thoughtful tech?
The new electric typewriter has been called ‘pretentious hipster nonsense’, but it’s just plain boring – and that’s precisely the point
December 2015
Are we liberated by tech – or does it enslave us?
Jenny Judge
Technology has been lauded as a way to free up time for us, yet the reality of an all-consuming medium often does the reverse
July 2015
Connected world
The search for solitude in an internet of things
The internet is already a threat to quiet contemplation – but could the internet of things herald a return to solitude?
May 2015
Forget the internet of things – we need an internet of people
Jenny Judge and Julia Powles
From cars to umbrellas, everyday objects are becoming increasingly connected. But the question we need to ask is – should they be?
October 2014
While the internet is accountable to nobody, privacy will be in crisis
Jenny Judge
Rembrandt's lessons for the selfie era: why we must learn to look again
