Politics

Politics

AI authoritarianism? We should be wary of outsourcing our thinking to the machine

Abigail Kennedy -
If we outsource our decision making to AI, we unwittingly train ourselves to accept its natural bias towards the status quo, and conservatism
Politics

From sacred signs to golden urns: The oddities of Dalai Lama Succession

Gabriel Andrade -
The Dalai Lama's successor - by definition, his reincarnated self - is nothing but superstition and mysticism, however it is chosen
Politics

Old Money, Quiet Luxury: fashion trends as soft-power for conservatism

Abigail Kennedy -
Social media trends toward 'old money' aesthetics are often thinly veiled conservative nostalgia, idealising traditional hierarchies of race, class and gender
Cults

The AllatRa Creative Society: from global peace promises to a real security threat

Claire Klingenberg -
The AllatRa spiritual movement has become a globally influential lobby group, promising utopia while pushing far-right ideologies
History

Did pirates and a First Nations chief help kick-start the Enlightenment?

Ted Lefroy -
The Enlightenment is often talked of as a 'Western' project, but European thinkers were influenced by the societies they met on their colonial travels
Health

Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s “autism cure” quest reeks of eugenics

Noah Lugeons -
While claiming to seek a "cure" for autism, Robert F Kennedy Jr places autistic people on a spectrum ranging from inconvenient to undesirable
History

Cannibalism: The long history of a modern propaganda tool

James Williams -
The recent accusations about Haitian cannibals reflect a long tradition of propaganda, aimed at othering those deemed undesirable
History

NATO was created to ensure peace – disinformation seeks to undermine that

Tom Williamson -
NATO exists to defend its members – the current wave of misinformation around NATO aggression exists purely to undermine that aim
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