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TEDs Controversy – 3 Threatening Talks They Tried to Censor
Nobody can ignore TED, a powerhouse of fast, mind-blowing and paradigm breaking talks that last around 20 minutes. Experts in diverse fields such as anthropology, entrepreneurship, cosmology or brain science deliver a presentation all under the motto of ‘Ideas Worth Sharing’. But as TED has grown over the years and […]
A Treatise on Psychedelics Pt. 1/3: The Stigma
Some time ago I was in the right place at the right time by attending the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research in Amsterdam orchestrated by Stichting Open. For those who don't know, psychedelic is Greek for “manifesting mind” and is commonly used to indicate consciousness altering plants and chemicals like, […]
What Freedom Are We Fighting For? Pt. 4/5 – The Dogma of Advertising and Consumerism
As the call for freedom in the Middle-East cements itself into Western activist culture, some of us continue to question the extent to which a culture so consumed in consumerism is able to make such a call. This is considered in light of major and more nuanced social and psychological […]
What Freedom Are We Fighting For? Pt. 3/5 — Media Limitations and Manipulations
All social, political and economic policies and debates are communicated through our media. Therefore, the breadth of our democratic experience is largely defined by the structure of the media and its content. This may not be an immediate cause for panic in itself, but consider this alongside the centralization […]
What Freedom Are We Fighting For? Pt. 2/5 — How Social Fear Inhibits Our Freedom
In Part 1, I discussed the concept of freedom with regards to the banking system and argued that its principles of lending lead to an unjust dynamic between citizens and banks, mirroring a master-slave relationship. Here, I intend to show how crime and the national conditioning of fear are also […]
What Freedom Are We Fighting For? Pt. 1/5
There is a call for ‘freedom’ in the Middle East, both from citizens within its troubled borders, and from our own Western supporters of democracy overseas. This is, of course, with good intention. However, the call seems remarkably simplistic. There is a formulaic image being created of Arab heroes rushing […]
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