“Another economy is possible because it is thinkable and has already existed.” | Etienne Helmer proposes a new economy inspired by the Ancient Greeks, one that does not divorce wealth creation from its broader social and ethical consequences.
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Can we free ourselves from democracy?

Join Quinn Slobodian (zeithistoriker) as he explores our recent past to uncover a new theory of capitalism that seeks to free itself from democracy.
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Wittgenstein sought to cure philosophy from unclear thinking – starting by avoiding the pitfalls of metaphysics. Yet in his own questions about how we can make sense of things turned to metaphysical thinking. | A.W. Moore iai.tv/articles/wittg…

AI and ChatGPT took the world by storm this year. But should we be at all worried about being replaced by artificial intelligence?

Mazviita Chirimuuta explains the crucial differences between human and mechanised intelligence.

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“Newtonian physics required the supernatural to explain why gravity doesn’t collapse everything together.” Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm writes on the difficult demarcation between science and magic. iai.tv/articles/the-t…

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” - George Bernard Shaw

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“While the pro-life movement is certainly steeped in misogyny, the contours between the superior and inferior groups here are best understood not as man vs woman, but Christian vs non-Christian.” | Political Philosophy Podcast's Toby Buckle on liberalism versus the right. iai.tv/articles/supre…

Should we debate against each other or have an insightful conversation?

“When the philosophical climate goes bad, aggressive bluster or suave sophistry can silence careful reasoning.” | Timothy Williamson on how to approach philosophical arguments. iai.tv/articles/how-s…

“Huxley’s narrative seems to envision and capture today’s world more powerfully, as his vision is more in tune with the challenging problems today.” | Dr. Emrah Atasoy
compares Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World to the reality of our current society. iai.tv/articles/orwel…

“The standard categorization of women and men relates to sex” – to think otherwise is a type of fiction. Gender critical feminist Kathleen Stock dissects her controversial views on sex, gender, and identity. iai.tv/video/fiction-…

From Kant to Locke, we associate the enlightenment with a period of moving from dogmatic thinking to the search for objective truth. But is the enlightenment really value-free?

Kehinde Andrews explores the racist dogmas embedded in our value systems. iai.tv/video/confront…

“Once we enter the world of commoning, we leave behind the selfish individualism and transactional mindset of market culture.”

David Bollier explains how the commons can help us reimagine capitalism, social relations, and our relation with the Earth. iai.tv/articles/recla…

Lack of economic democracy and accountability has left Britain vulnerable since the near-catastrophe from 2008, argues Peter Tatchell.

So what are 5 steps to improve economic democracy? Tap below to find out. iai.tv/articles/we-ex…

“The connection between philosophy and physics is quite old.”

In-depth interview with Nobel Laureate in Physics Robert Penrose on consciousness, cosmology, quantum physics and its philosophy. By Alexis Papazoglou. iai.tv/video/from-one…

If love can be chemically hacked, what’s left of romance? Anders Sandberg, Ella Whelan and Rupert Sheldrake debate the relationship between love and drugs and whether psychoactive substances could help us build or mend our relationships. iai.tv/video/love-and…

Can we ever escape metaphysics?

Philosopher Hilary Lawson argues that even when trying to discredit metaphysical claims, one inevitably finds themselves immersed in metaphysics.

The core issue is that we think we can break through to reality.
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Humanity has always had a perverse curiosity about the evil, horrible and disgusting, particularly when it comes to the characters presented in art.

But could this curiosity be morally educative? Panos Paris explains. iai.tv/articles/the-m…

“We need a consistent quantum theory that describes gravity along with the elementary particles we know. String theory is the most promising contender.”

Juan Maldacena comes to the defence of String Theory. iai.tv/articles/in-de…

Materialists see the world as made up of little bits of hard stuff. What if instead we would see reality as energetic forces and flows that interact with us, asks Rowan Williams.

Tap to watch his explanation in full and hear Dr Iain McGilchrist’s response: iai.tv/video/on-the-n…

When thinking of Britain’s prehistory, cannibalism and mummification are not the first things that come to mind. But anthropologist and archaeologist Mary-Ann Ochota tells us that we underestimate how complex and strange Britain’s ancient past is. iai.tv/video/the-myst…