by Quint Boa | Sep 7, 2026
The Red Pill, the False Self and the Stories We Mistake for Reality One of the most enduring images in modern cinema lasts only a few seconds. In The Matrix, Morpheus offers Neo two pills. Take the blue pill and return to the familiar world. Take the red pill and...
by Quint Boa | Aug 19, 2026
How When Health Information Sounds Certain: ADHD, AI and the Case for Expert-Led Patient Education As a UKCP-qualified psychotherapist with more than 30 years of clinical experience, I have become increasingly interested in not simply what we tell people about their...
by Quint Boa | Jul 20, 2026
How This Tool Can Transform Mental-Health Communication Animation is one of the most effective ways to communicate complicated, sensitive or emotionally difficult information. This is particularly true in healthcare and mental health, where people may be frightened,...
by Quint Boa | Jul 1, 2026
Counting Dollars Instead of Sheep “A good night’s sleep is invaluable,” observed the Lex column in the Financial Times recently. Big Pharma and a new generation of sleep biotech companies, it noted drily, are hoping to replace counting sheep with counting dollars....
by Quint Boa | Jun 17, 2026
Have Mobile Phones Become 'Transitional Objects'? Last week I asked an AI system to summarise a book I’d read several years ago and remembered only dimly. Within a few seconds it produced a concise account of the main argument, outlined the principal criticisms...
by Quint Boa | Jun 1, 2026
Have Mobile Phones Become 'Transitional Objects'? As the Government consultation comes to its conclusion on children’s online safety, some terrifying statistics have come to light. ▶ One in five people being prosecuted for terrorist offences is under the age of...
by Quint Boa | May 27, 2026
The Podcast Show and the Illusion of Easy Success Thought I’d mull over my thoughts on The Podcast Show that I visited yesterday at the Design Centre. In Islington. First off while the show was well put together and managed there was something about the exhibitors and...
by Quint Boa | May 22, 2026
Raising the Dead via Artificial Intelligence and What it Could mean for your Charity.Yes I’m aware this sound very Black Mirror and I realise that I need to write this as sensitively as possible. Since March of this year it’s become possible to reanimate people who...
by Quint Boa | May 18, 2026
In the feverish race to achieve AGI, one of the key markers is the ability of AI to cure cancer. The promise is pretty much rhetorical because cancer is universally feared. Nearly everyone knows someone affected by cancer, so the argument becomes framed in those...
by Quint Boa | Apr 27, 2026
The Increasing Role of Faith in Developing Artificial Intelligence Another week, another surge of AI news in the video and animation industry. The release of Seedance 2 and the latest version of ChatGPT, ‘Spud’, suggests a noticeable leap forward. Early impressions...
