Around 30,000 years ago, when some Asian grey wolves began to tolerate—and be tolerated by—humans, they set in motion one of evolution’s great marvels. Instead of competing with human hunters,… View Post The post From Natural Selection to Machine Selection: Human Evolution in the Age of AI appeared first on Areo.
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What makes a man, if not masculinity? What makes a woman, if not femininity? These questions arise out of modern feminist theory, where scholars first drew a distinction between biological… View Post The post Gender Policing on the Left appeared first on Areo.
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In the summer of 2020, at the height of the Covid pandemic, America was raging at the death of George Floyd and violent protests took place in multiple cities. In… View Post The post The Curious Leaderlessness of Modern Movements appeared first on Areo.
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It’s crucial to avoid arguments that rely on the stale adage that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. It’s equally crucial to remain unswayed by the accusation that… View Post The post In Defence of Internationalism appeared first on Areo.
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I often return from my hospital rounds as an infectious disease consultant having seen zero COVID-19 patients. Over the past few months, this has become a common occurrence—not only when… View Post The post The Pernicious Folly of Pursuing Zero Covid appeared first on Areo.
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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.—Ludwig Wittgenstein When early twentieth-century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote the above quotation, he was cautioning readers that… View Post The post Queer: A New Narrative appeared first on Areo.
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In this week’s episode of our Two for Tea podcast, editor-in-chief Iona Italia interviews science and philosophy educator Brett Hall about critical thinking, technological optimism, Karl Popper and David Deutsch… View Post The post Infinite Rationality: An Interview with Brett Hall appeared first on Areo.
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The international alt-right has praised the recent farmers’ protests in the Netherlands as the latest people’s revolt against out-of-touch elites. For former US president Donald Trump, French National Rally leader… View Post The post Funding Pollution: Big Ag and the Dutch Farmers’ Protests appeared first on Areo.
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Anthony Trollope’s satirical novel The Way We Live Now (1875) contains a character by the name of Augustus Melmotte. A crooked financier of shadowy origins, Augustus has absconded from Paris… View Post The post Criminal Kleptocrats and the Looting of Africa appeared first on Areo.
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In this episode of our Two for Tea podcast, editor-in-chief Iona Italia talks to Andrew Curran about his new anthology, prepared in collaboration with Henry Louis Gates, Who’s Black and Why: A… View Post The post Who’s Black and Why? An Interview with Andrew Curran appeared first on Areo.
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