Society

When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.

Bad PR

Journalism relies on expert voices – AI is only going to make that harder

Michael Marshall -
Our media demands quotes from experts to add context and authenticity to a story - it isn't ready for a world where expertise is instant... and fake
Archive

From the archive: The Freethinker, 1881-1991 – bastion of free thought

William McIlroy -
From the archives in 1991, William Mcllroy discusses the history of The Freethinker magazine across its first 110 years
Politics

Old Money, Quiet Luxury: fashion trends as soft-power for conservatism

Abigail Kennedy -
Social media trends toward 'old money' aesthetics are often thinly veiled conservative nostalgia, idealising traditional hierarchies of race, class and gender
Cults

The AllatRa Creative Society: from global peace promises to a real security threat

Claire Klingenberg -
The AllatRa spiritual movement has become a globally influential lobby group, promising utopia while pushing far-right ideologies
Archive

From the archive: the hollow earth, and the inside-out cosmos

Bill Penny -
From the archives in 1991, Bill Penny looks at the theory of the hollow earth, the notion that the entire cosmos exists inside a sphere
Conspiracy Theories

‘Jewtlantis’ isn’t a utopian vision – it is AI slop with an antisemitic tinge

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Jewtlantis – the AI-generated vision of a CyberZionist utopia – only serves to reinforce all manner of antisemitic conspiracy theories
Extremism

Seed oils: how a panic over cooking fats is lubricating the alt-right pipeline

Alice Howarth -
The seed oils fear may look like just another nutritional panic, but it plays into an ideological drive towards 'traditional' alt-right ideals
History

Did pirates and a First Nations chief help kick-start the Enlightenment?

Ted Lefroy -
The Enlightenment is often talked of as a 'Western' project, but European thinkers were influenced by the societies they met on their colonial travels
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