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Artificial Intelligentsia
We can't stop talking about Artificial Intelligence in foggy, unsophisticated ways - and it's leading us down a path we may never be able to turn back…
Oct 15, 2020
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May 2020
Mask on: The face of the fight of our times
As the world adjusts to life mid-pandemic, we're moving rapidly towards a widely-masked society. But masked citizens present new tensions for diverse…
May 10, 2020
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Gold, death & taxes: Why billionaire charity can't be what saves us
Coronavirus has plunged a global economy into a tailspin that we're scrambling to correct. But philanthropy isn't the answer to global inequality - and…
May 5, 2020
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March 2020
Chaos is a ladder: Hungary's Viktor Orbán grips total political control as Coronavirus sweeps Europe
Despite new public health measures all over the world, Orbán is the first to succeed at a comprehensive, dictatorial power-grab
Mar 31, 2020
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Confidence men: Johnson & Trump's ratings rocket in the age of the virus
There's been widespread criticism of their lacklustre Coronavirus strategies - so why are Johnson and Trump seeing a huge spike in their approval…
Mar 28, 2020
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Confidence men: Johnson & Trump's ratings rocket in the age of the virus
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COVID-19: Can humanity still afford capitalism?
The Coronavirus crisis blasts light through the gaping holes in Western economic ideology. Can our collective future afford such a delicate system?
Mar 25, 2020
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The rent's due, but Britain's broke
Coronavirus has invoked a historic, government-backed halt on work. What happens in a rentier economy when capitalism folds?
Mar 22, 2020
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If I was Boeing, I would simply eat fewer avocados and make my coffee at home
To kill the Coronavirus, global air travel is cancelled. Now airlines across the world are in crisis, and begging for state bailouts
Mar 21, 2020
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COVID-19: The viral pandemic that is single-handedly unravelling capitalism
Post-industrial society has been plunged into a historic global healthcare crisis. Can neoliberal economics survive the virus?
Mar 21, 2020
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December 2019
The ghost in the machine: 15 practical steps towards becoming anonymous online
Internet technologies are more intelligent and invasive than they’ve ever been. In 2020, how realistic is it to truly disappear online?
Dec 30, 2019
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The death of the party— why capitalist ideas will never fix climate change
How can our system of infinite profit on dwindling resources ever repair its devastating ecological legacy?
Dec 28, 2019
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Why DO the poor keep voting for the rich?
The global political power system is re-organising amidst a storm of right-leaning propaganda. So why are the poor protecting the rich?
Dec 26, 2019
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