There are powerful narratives being told about the impact of technology on our lives. This is influencing the way we behave and the way we will remember this time in…
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Topic 8: Sharing is caring… but only sometimes
Join us this month as we navigate our personal boundaries for data sharing. In what situations do we consider it okay to disclose online our personal information (such as our…
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Topic 7: Can human dignity survive the internet?
70 years ago, a major leap of civilisation took place: Germany’s parliament adopted the Basic Law and enshrined in its first Article that human dignity shall be inviolable. In today’s…
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Topic 6: Vaccine hesitancy and the search for moral foundations
Vaccine hesitancy has been identified by the World Health Organisation as one of the top ten threats to global health in 2019 [i]. At the same time, measles rates are…
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Topic 5: Trump didn’t create post-truth politics – he just made it great again
It is convenient for us to blame Trump-style populism for the noisy post-truth[1] era we now need to navigate. However, we’ve also learnt that it’s not particularly constructive to view…
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Topic 4: Is Technology Making Us Dumber?
This month’s topic comes straight from our Gentle Thinker friends in Brisbane https://www.meetup.com/Gentle-Thinkers/. Hurrah for share-sies!In 2008, the Atlantic published a controversial article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” warning that easy access…
Topic 3: Is multilateralism facing possible extinction?
The Munich Security Conference, held during the weekend of 15-17 February 2019, describes itself as “the world’s leading forum for debating international security policy”. This year’s MSC highlighted that multilateralism…
Topic 2: Internet filters & copyright crackdowns – Who will they really protect?
In February 2019, the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission reached political agreement to modernise copyright laws for the digital age[1]. The chosen vehicle for…
Topic 1: Bridging the identity divide
The UK’s scheduled departure from the EU on 29 March 2019 is leaving alarmingly little time for a change of course. The closer we get to the date, the more…