# Aleph Insights Limited Aleph Insights Limited Page: Feed: --- ## [España ‘42: Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/espana-42-quarter-finals-and-semi) _2026-07-28 · Nick Hare_ This post describes the continuation of a speculative historical scenario in which there was a World Cup in 1942, and is the fourth in a series of posts that begins with an outline of the process we used to generate it. Here, we present the results of the simulated quarter-finals and semi-finals, in which the hosts receive a drubbing from the Hungarians, the Germans face stiff competition from the… ## [España ‘42: Round of 16](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/espana-42-round-of-16) _2026-07-09 · Nick Hare_ This post describes the continuation of a fictional scenario in which there was a World Cup in 1942. ## [España ‘42: Preparation](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/espana-42-preparation) _2026-07-02 · Nick Hare_ The background to the fictional 1942 World Cup ## [España ‘42](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/espana-42) _2026-07-02 · Nick Hare_ A Data-Driven Scenario ## [Ghost in the Machine: Fictional Representations of AI Misalignment](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/ghost-in-the-machine-fictional-representations-of-ai-misalignment) _2024-06-28 · Aleph Insights Limited_ Note: spoilers for Ex Machina, Stellaris, and Horizon: Zero Dawn. ## [Look Who’s Talking: The Risks and Rewards of Voice Cloning](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/look-whos-talking-the-risks-and-rewards-of-voice-cloning) _2024-04-29 · Aleph Insights Limited_ What happens when a computer no longer sounds like a stereotypical robot—monotone, mechanical, synthetic—but human? ## [Can Data Find Me a Dupe?](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/can-data-find-me-a-dupe) _2024-04-04 · Aleph Insights Limited_ Currently, my Instagram feed is overrun by social media influencers trying or selling the ‘next new thing’ to slow down ageing. ## [Disrupting the Diglossia: The Revival of Ukrainian](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/disrupting-the-diglossia-the-revival-of-ukrainian) _2024-03-09 · Aleph Insights Limited_ Language is intrinsically political and was already a battleground long before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine two years ago. ## [What is a Dictionary?](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/what-is-a-dictionary) _2024-01-30 · Aleph Insights Limited_ At the end of 2023, several high-profile dictionaries published their ‘Word of the Year’. ## [Stick vs Carrot](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/stick-vs-carrot) _2023-12-14 · Aleph Insights Limited_ Incentives and punishments are opposite ends of the same spectrum. ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8PWXykcNmdjI) _2023-12-13 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Cost-Benefit: The Logic Behind Radical Action](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/cost-benefit-the-logic-behind-radical-action) _2023-12-06 · Aleph Insights Limited_ Content warning: discussions of terrorism and violent activity. ## [Models](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/models) _2023-11-17 · Aleph Insights Limited_ Models are widely used in science to represent complex real-world phenomena in simplified forms to advance understanding. ## [Criticism](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/criticism) _2023-11-10 · Aleph Insights Limited_ If you’re a fan of JK Rowling, Jack Vettriano or Manchester United, you’re probably not surprised by the denigration they receive from critics. ## [Specialists versus Generalists: Getting the Balance Right](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/specialists-versus-generalists-getting-the-balance-right) _2023-09-29 · Aleph Insights Limited_ What is it that drives new ideas and innovation? ## [Marketing](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/marketing) _2023-09-27 · Aleph Insights Limited_ At a time when marketing has infiltrated our physical and virtual worlds, how should we think about it? ## [Why do we care about data privacy?](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/why-do-we-care-about-data-privacy) _2023-09-04 · Aleph Insights Limited_ How would you feel if your takeaway delivery was accompanied by an offer of a date? ## [Content](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/content) _2023-08-09 · Aleph Insights Limited_ Nowadays it is almost a cliché to say that content is king. ## [Declinism](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/declinism) _2023-08-02 · Aleph Insights Limited_ Is it just us, or does it increasingly feel like Britain is going to hell in a handbasket? ## [The Qualitative Canon Series: Trope Analysis](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/the-qualitative-canon-series-trope-analysis) _2023-07-28 · Aleph Insights Limited_ This blog series embarks on a grand tour of qualitative methods, both existing and emerging. ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jUZpTB7TRBqI) _2023-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Perfect Weather](https://alephinsights.substack.com/p/perfect-weather) _2023-07-05 · Aleph Insights Limited_ As summer arrives there is change in the air.