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We Need a Renaissance, Not Another Revolution

Originally published on Parallax (https://www.parallax-magazin.de) on July 1, 2020 Jean-Jacques Rousseau got it backwards when he said ‘Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.’ On the contrary, men and women are born in a state of radical un-freedom. We come into the world attached by the umbilical cord to mother, family, and tribe — and

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Self-terminating technology & the return of the Sacred, Tristan Harris

https://medium.com/media/349bb9a1fed8f2ba225cbc655fb17bf3/href Can our shared reality survive the onslaught of big tech? At a time when existential threats loom large — and the need for a reasoned, pragmatic consensus arguably never greater — the tech firms carrying the conversation are profiting from our division. Through careful iteration and deliberate commercial policy, their business models have made us addicts of our newsfeeds

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Self-terminating technology & the return of the Sacred, Tristan Harris

https://medium.com/media/349bb9a1fed8f2ba225cbc655fb17bf3/href Can our shared reality survive the onslaught of big tech? At a time when existential threats loom large — and the need for a reasoned, pragmatic consensus arguably never greater — the tech firms carrying the conversation are profiting from our division. Through careful iteration and deliberate commercial policy, their business models have made us addicts of our newsfeeds

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The facemask question: How people are thinking

In the 5 days since I announced our facemask survey in the original Facemask Question article, almost 200 people have responded. Three-quarters of them have provided thoughtful written responses. Many of these responses highlight the hidden complexity of facemask decisions. I’m writing today to share a few of them with you. If you haven’t already completed

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