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LatestSocietal Norms: Do They Impede Our Passion and Creativity
Why do we measure our lives against expectations we did not author? What becomes of a passion that is quietly folded away because it does not fit the pattern others expect of us?
LatestPut Down the Phone: Embrace Conversation and Interaction
What have we quietly surrendered in exchange for the glowing convenience in our pockets? Can a device designed to connect us also, without our noticing, leave us more alone?
Dating Online: What Critical Thinking Reveals About the Pros and Cons
Has the search for love become a marketplace, and if so, what does that do to the heart that shops within it? What might clear thinking offer to those navigating connection through a screen?
Misinformation and Disinformation: How Can We Combat the New Medium
When falsehood travels faster than truth, how is an honest mind to keep its footing? What defences remain to us in an age where anyone may publish anything to everyone?
The Art of the Ending: Closing a Speech So It Lingers
Why do we remember the end of a speech long after we forget its middle? Does the final sentence we hear really carry more weight than all that came before it?
The Darker Use: AI, Exploitation and the Trafficking of the Vulnerable
What happens when the most powerful tools ever built are placed in hands that seek not to help but to harm, and who bears the cost?