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The age of the machine: emancipation or alienation of the human?
Understanding the role of machines in society
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Philosophy
The enduring tool metaphor in AI discourse
About technology as a mere instrument to achieve human goals
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Degrowth will make us happier
Understanding wellbeing beyond economic growth
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How collective behavior change can foster a sustainable future
A dive into the heart of the degrowth movement
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Society
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What would it take for us to believe in aliens?
Believing the unbelievable in times of disinformation and deepfakes
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Culture
Another piece on Barbenheimer
On the cultural significance of summer blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer
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Will generative AI bring the productivity increases we need?
Information technology and the lack of corresponding increases in productivity
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Are we heading towards post-human intelligence?
Rethinking being human in a more-than-human world
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Beyond planetary boundaries: towards Earth systems justice
Linking new developments in Earth systems research to the Deep Transitions Framework
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Philosophy
FreedomLab Selects: Rinus van de Velde — The Armchair Voyager
Vivian Elion analyses the surrealistic exhibition of Rinus van de Velde through the lens of metamodernism.
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Romantic robots: a new love paradigm
Will our society's progressive values lead us to embrace a new romantic paradigm?
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Health is the luxury to fall sick and recover
Towards an enriched concept of the normal and the pathological
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Philosophy
ChatGPT and the place of the human being in an automated society
An unconventional reflection on Hannah Arendt’s philosophy
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Urban greening should focus on equity, not nature
The external valuation of nature in city planning could withhold green areas from becoming accessible to all
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Pills, pills, pills
Sebastiaan Crul discusses the inevitability of techno-fixes in a world haunted by crises
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The case for climate radicalism
The impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt all across the globe.
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Rediscovering the collective dimension of freedom
How the classic political philosophy of liberalism can broaden our individualistic interpretation of freedom.
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De-influencers or re-influencers?
Criticism of consumer society is of all ages, but now it’s coming from an unexpected corner.
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How Weirdcore and Y2K aesthetics took over TikTok in times of despair
What style reveals regarding playful nihilism, emotional spending, and dread
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Can art and imagination spur climate action?
Exploring other ways to increase our moral judgement on climate change
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The planet as an emerging category
On living with – not on – the planet.
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Vibegeist: rave until the grave
The revival of rave and rage in the roaring twenties.
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How will the metaverse and web3 influence social media?
Brace yourself, the 2D newsfeeds gracing our screens might soon be part of internet history.
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The early days of cyberpunk
As man becomes machine and machine becomes man.
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When the selfie becomes an avatar
How Instagram is preparing itself for the metaverse
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Is Texas becoming too self-confident?
Texan rebellion is likely to shake up federal politics in the U.S.
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Gen Z chooses anonymity over fame
Why are Gen Zers more likely to prefer online anonymity compared to millennials?
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Resurrecting the dead in the digital era
Will deepfake videos, the latest and most versatile medium to eternalize the dead, impel us to regulate digital immortality?
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Politics should focus more on the Good Life
How can we reinstate the concept of the Good without downplaying the systemic risks threatening our global society?
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Economy
An introduction to the Stack
Learn more about our framework that helps us understand the anatomy of digital systems.
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Romantic robots: a new love paradigm
Will our society's progressive values lead us to embrace a new romantic paradigm?
15
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Health is the luxury to fall sick and recover
Towards an enriched concept of the normal and the pathological
13
-minute read
ChatGPT and the place of the human being in an automated society
An unconventional reflection on Hannah Arendt’s philosophy
2
-minute read
Urban greening should focus on equity, not nature
The external valuation of nature in city planning could withhold green areas from becoming accessible to all
11
-minute read
Pills, pills, pills
Sebastiaan Crul discusses the inevitability of techno-fixes in a world haunted by crises
3
-minute read
The case for climate radicalism
The impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt all across the globe.
3
-minute read
Rediscovering the collective dimension of freedom
How the classic political philosophy of liberalism can broaden our individualistic interpretation of freedom.
2
-minute read
De-influencers or re-influencers?
Criticism of consumer society is of all ages, but now it’s coming from an unexpected corner.
10
-minute read
How Weirdcore and Y2K aesthetics took over TikTok in times of despair
What style reveals regarding playful nihilism, emotional spending, and dread
1
-minute read
Can art and imagination spur climate action?
Exploring other ways to increase our moral judgement on climate change
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