In lieu of going to the 12th Systematics Gathering, Anthony Blake and I had the idea of making a film that would relate Systematics to my recently published book, Precessional Time. I was just able to keep up with providing subjects, toys and scripts, as the shooting proceeded over one and a half days.  Tony was then able to take the resulting DVD, called The Politics of Number, to add another voice to that meeting.

This is the first DVD chapter in which a formerly neglected aspect of the ancient numerical sciences came naturally to the fore, namely their political relevance in shaping human understanding. The remaining chapters will be appearing shortly. Each are about 10 minutes long and sit reasonably well on their own, each having their own monadic nature and (as ever these days) written with an eye to their structural form.