You would all be forgiven for assuming that bar , pie and queue line are favourite pastimes of the British . Yet, in fact – yes, we did learn this back in GCSE maths – they are also mechanisms through which meaningless, mundane data of suspect origin can be given a Gok Wan -grade makeover, with the prime objective of padding out biblical 187-page PowerPoint presentations and 871-page Word reports (*other Microsoft productivity tools are available). In other words, documents that nobody has the intention of ever reading. But it becomes apparent over the years; this is perhaps the one skill which serves you well for a lifetime in certain careers. In sales. Consultancy. Politics. Or any other profession in which the only known entry requirement is the ability to chat loudly over a whizzy graph of dubious quality and value, preferably while frantically waving your arms around. Nevertheless, we are acutely conscious of the fact that we have spent an inordinate amount
Daddy, can we make a robot?