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Jokes and Pain is an independent publication from the mind of Si Cobb. You'll get regular articles on philosophy, tech, creativity, fictions, life - all in his inimitable writing style.

Si's adapted Peppa Pig as audio stories, written jokes for Chris Tarrant and Steve Wright so long ago he can't prove it, and published 2 of his own eBooks (on sale here!).

Why is it called Jokes and Pain? Because these remain, for now at least, very human. Machines cannot do jokes and they can't feel pain.

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