Being Human It began with fire The south of England doesn’t get particularly cold in winter, but temperatures do sometimes lurk below freezing for a few […] Issue #024: balance
Ideas to change your life The vastness of outer space When it comes to measuring the vastness of outer space, you need to talk about time in order to talk […] NP31: Space
Environment Our place in the world “How could I look my grandchildren in the eye and say I knew what was happening to the world and […] NP28 - not printed
Illusions The art of Amistics In his most recent novel, Seveneves, sci-fi author Neal Stephenson coins an intriguing term: “Amistics”. Amistics describes “the choices that […] NP26 digital: Change
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 […] NP23 digital: Being
Illusions Property’s principal corruption In the lead-up to the general election in the UK this year, everyone was talking about property. In the crowded […] NP21 digital: Power
Ideas to change your life Fake news “The essence of bullshit,” argued philosopher Harry Frankfurt in his 2005 book On Bullshit, “is not that it is false […] NP21 digital: Power
Society & Culture The classroom of the future Here’s one of my favourite neologisms: “hangry.” It’s a punning portmanteau. To be hangry is to be angry because you’re […] NP26 digital: Change
Philosophy and you Does the future matter? In Tino Sehgal’s installation of his artwork This Progress, each visitor walked into the bottom of The Guggenheim’s spiral rotunda […] NP22 digital: Time
