Life
Human engineering
You know the situation is getting desperate when three bioethicists propose genetically modifying humans to reduce our environmental impact. In a bizarre paper titled…
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Being Human
Invisible experience
In our current cultural moment, when the boundaries between public and private have been largely erased, Calle’s investigations are prescient. In…
Ideas to change your life
The ethics of political power
“From this we learn that a wise prince sees to it that never, in order to attack someone, does he become the ally of…
Illusions
Superhero of the mind
To see a person taking in the wonders of the sky is a rare sight when all but a few are staring at their…
Art
13 questions with Michael Leunig
1. What is the biggest threat to our minds? Our minds. 2. What is freedom? Non-compliance and creativity. 3. What illusion do you suffer…
Environment
Scenario 3
“It’s real ... And the great irony and tragedy of our time, is a lot of the general public thinks scientists are still arguing.”…
Environment
A new human era
Earth has lost half of its wild animals in the last forty years. What does it mean to be philosophical about this? The last…
Ideas to change your life
Masters and servants
We are not exactly wage slaves, but most of us have to work for a living throughout the prime decades of our adult lives,…
Life
The project of being alive
It’s not the first time that a movie has been shown to a vegetative audience but for some reason the idea of plants watching…
Being Human
Invest in your masterpiece – yourself
Love yourself. Believe in yourself. And your dreams will come true. A few decades ago, psychologists began documenting the appearance of a new personality…
Interviews
Where did we come from?
Zan Boag: As a space scientist, you’ve been gazing deeply into space. You’ve been living and breathing the idea of ‘space’. The universe has…
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Staying afloat
I doubt I'm the only one experiencing a stretching of time - each day feels like a week; each week like several months. "Reality…