We're living in a period of transformation. The economic order that has dominated the past fifty years is breaking down, and new ideologies are taking hold. | https://bit.ly/4eppxiz
Drawing on his original research, Branko Milanović explores the scale and impact of the transformation now underway.
During Nicola Sturgeon’s time as leader of the SNP, the party enjoyed massive growth and won 56 of the 59 Scottish parliamentary seats in 2015. | https://bit.ly/4aYzgv8
Join Sturgeon as she reflects on her political life and philosophy, and her hopes for Scotland’s future.
Nicola Sturgeon has had a profound effect on Scottish politics as First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP. But what is her core philosophy of life and what were the experiences that led her t...
Are democratic governments truly sovereign, or are unelected institutions really in control? | https://iai.tv/video/unelected-elites-and-the-limits-of-democracy
Ken Roth, Hélène Landemore and James Bacchus debate the limits of democracy.
Every major school of contemporary philosophy shares one assumption: realism. | https://iai.tv/articles/the-death-of-realism-auid-1746
But Isabelle Thomas-Fogiel argues this is also their fatal flaw.
Your moral identity isn't a fixed inner core — it's the ongoing narrative you live out over time. | https://iai.tv/articles/morality-is-nothing-but-a-story-we-tell-ourselves-auid-3508
Philosopher Marya Schechtman on why morality is a story we tell.
The debate surrounding advanced AI systems and their potential to harm humanity has often focused on imminent risks and abrupt takeovers. | https://bit.ly/3QDORrX
But Roman Yampolskiy argues that if a highly advanced AI were to harbour adversarial intentions, it might not act immediately.
Einstein's famous quote about time being an illusion has been widely misread. | https://iai.tv/articles/tim-maudlin-einstein-didnt-think-time-was-an-illusion-auid-2317
Tim Maudlin argues nothing in relativity actually supports the block universe interpretation.
Creativity is demanded of us everywhere: by employers, schools, politicians, and now by platforms and their algorithms. | https://bit.ly/4keovqU
But Oli Mould argues that real creativity is not about constant innovation or productivity, but about imagination, refusal, and collective change.
In the face of life’s adversities, maintaining inner balance and steadiness is seen as positive, and even productive. | https://bit.ly/4tTKQ1A
But psychoanalyst Michael Uebel argues that the defining feature of equanimity is its absolute uselessness.
The more fully alive we feel, the less we fear death. | https://iai.tv/articles/a-life-fully-lived-paradoxically-reduces-the-fear-of-death-auid-3372
Psychotherapist Julie Hannan argues our fear of death is really a fear of never having truly lived.
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<p><em>Creativity is everywhere: demanded by employers, schools, politicians, and now algorithms. But when it is framed as a skill to be optimized and monetized, it risks losing the radical power that...
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<p><em>In a culture obsessed with optimisation, equanimity — the quality of maintaining inner balance and steadiness — is widely praised as a productivity tool. But what if its defining feature is its...
