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He coined the term ‘Internet of Things’. Now Kevin Ashton’s new book, The Story of Stories, explores how viral memes and falsehoods from unreliable sources could shape tomorrow’s storytelling. With fewer gatekeepers than ever, the story told to future generations could be terrifying wrong. Alex Hannaford reports
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S president Donald Trump has spent the last fortnight offering an ever-shifting assessment of a conflict that has paralysed global energy markets. One day, the war (which, he said last week, was “very complete, pretty much”) is to liberate the Iranian people; the next, he claims he isn’t seeking regime change, only to insist he wants a hand in picking the country’s next leader. The day after it’s to dismantle the nuclear threat. At the weekend, Trump said Iran was ready for a ceasefire, yet within 24 hours, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said no such request had been made.
