By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 20 Jun 23
In a speech to the 1989 UN General Assembly, Margaret Thatcher proclaimed: “the problem of global climate change is one that affects us all and action will only be effective… View Post The post The Case for Central Carbon Banks appeared first on Areo.
In a speech to the 1989 UN General Assembly, Margaret Thatcher proclaimed: “the problem of global climate change is one that affects us all and action will only be effective… View Post The post The Case for Central Carbon Banks appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Jun 23
It would be wonderful to live in a world without labels or stereotypes. But it is impossible to analyse complex widescale social trends without thinking in terms of broad categories… View Post The post Hood-Adjacent: Place and Class in Black American Life appeared first on Areo.
It would be wonderful to live in a world without labels or stereotypes. But it is impossible to analyse complex widescale social trends without thinking in terms of broad categories… View Post The post Hood-Adjacent: Place and Class in Black American Life appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 6 Jun 23
Mary Harrington, Feminism Against Progress (Forum, 2023). A review. “Anybody who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without the feminine ferment. Social progress can be… View Post The post A Feminist Against Modernity appeared first on Areo.
Mary Harrington, Feminism Against Progress (Forum, 2023). A review. “Anybody who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without the feminine ferment. Social progress can be… View Post The post A Feminist Against Modernity appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 30 May 23
Consciousness is among the greatest outstanding scientific mysteries. We have no direct way of telling whether a given being is conscious and therefore have to rely on basic induction. We… View Post The post The Consciousness Conundrum appeared first on Areo.
Consciousness is among the greatest outstanding scientific mysteries. We have no direct way of telling whether a given being is conscious and therefore have to rely on basic induction. We… View Post The post The Consciousness Conundrum appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 May 23
Patriotism corrupts history.—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1817) Long before the latest iteration of cancel culture, there was a punishment known as damnatio memoriae (the condemnation of a person’s memory). First… View Post The post Stalin, Putin and the Falsification of History appeared first on Areo.
Patriotism corrupts history.—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1817) Long before the latest iteration of cancel culture, there was a punishment known as damnatio memoriae (the condemnation of a person’s memory). First… View Post The post Stalin, Putin and the Falsification of History appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 May 23
The release of large language models like ChatGPT has led to a lot of speculation about a possible new technological revolution. Some regard these AIs as a deflationary cure for… View Post The post In Defence of Tinkerers: Why We Need Open AI appeared first on Areo.
The release of large language models like ChatGPT has led to a lot of speculation about a possible new technological revolution. Some regard these AIs as a deflationary cure for… View Post The post In Defence of Tinkerers: Why We Need Open AI appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 9 May 23
Since they are united in their opposition to wokeness, secular liberals and the US religious right often find themselves on the same side of the current culture war. While it… View Post The post Treacherous Allies: Why Anti-Wokes Should Reject the Religious Right appeared first on Areo.
Since they are united in their opposition to wokeness, secular liberals and the US religious right often find themselves on the same side of the current culture war. While it… View Post The post Treacherous Allies: Why Anti-Wokes Should Reject the Religious Right appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 4 May 23
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. — Mark Twain In 2018, Raj Chetty and his… View Post The post It’s Class, Not Race appeared first on Areo.
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. — Mark Twain In 2018, Raj Chetty and his… View Post The post It’s Class, Not Race appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Apr 23
How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment by Matt Johnson (2023). A review. There has been a gaping void in our political and… View Post The post Christopher Hitchens, the Conservative Marxist appeared first on Areo.
How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment by Matt Johnson (2023). A review. There has been a gaping void in our political and… View Post The post Christopher Hitchens, the Conservative Marxist appeared first on Areo.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Apr 23
Critical Race Theory (CRT) originated in higher education, but its political relevance has become more than academic, especially in the United States. Although CRT sprung from legal scholarship, proponents have… View Post The post Demystifying Critical Race Theory appeared first on Areo.
Critical Race Theory (CRT) originated in higher education, but its political relevance has become more than academic, especially in the United States. Although CRT sprung from legal scholarship, proponents have… View Post The post Demystifying Critical Race Theory appeared first on Areo.