Saturday, 15 December 2018

Five Categories of Irresponsible Communication

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‘The freedom of expression must never be restricted’. As with most short-hand slogans, this one short-changes the truth. Even US lawmaker...
Saturday, 1 December 2018

Mistaken Group Identity

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Why do people project unpleasant characteristics to a whole group when that simply cannot be justified? In some cases, it’s because people ...
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Thursday, 15 November 2018

Democracy & the 2016 Referendum

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One of the most curious things we hear a lot of these days is “it would be undemocratic to go against the result of the referendum”. But if...
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Thursday, 1 November 2018

In Defence of Cooperative Communities: 7 points to note

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Those who promote prejudice, conflicts, and irrationality are getting more emboldened every day. They thrive on lies, reject science, celeb...
Monday, 15 October 2018

Four Threats of the Counter-Enlightenment

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The Enlightenment has always been about advancing mutual respect, empirical reasoning, and inclusive governance. Contrary to narrow chronol...
Monday, 1 October 2018

How to Mind the Money Gap

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Let’s be clear at the outset that being concerned about the ever widening gaps in financial power does not mean that we want to see everyone...
Saturday, 15 September 2018

Democritus: an agreeable hypothesis about everything

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When philosophy and religion are taught these days, it is most unlikely that the ideas of Democritus (460-370 BC) will get a mention. That ...