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A Crisis of Confidence or Rebirth of Conviction? Transhumanists and their critics in the Age of a Global Pandemic

As Covid 19 has swept the globe, leaving over a million causalities in its wake, it has generated a profound crisis of confidence. Citizens throughout the world question their governments’ abilities...

Jennifer Huberman | 1 Dec 2020

Humanitarianism or Immigration Control – or Both?

The last decade has witnessed an unprecedented battle between values and pragmatism, and between humanitarianism and immigration control in large parts of the world. Asylum as an institution has always...

Liv Feijen | 1 Dec 2020

Nerve and Muscle: the final common pathway to action

“The roads that lead man to knowledge are as wondrous as that knowledge itself.” ― Arthur Koestler (1959). The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man’s Changing Vision of the Universe. London:...

Christopher L.-H. Huang | 27 Nov 2020

Wounded Healers as Agents of Change

Who could have predicted so many “unprecedented” catastrophes would descend upon us in just one year? On top of the seemingly never-ending wars and recurrent natural disasters, we have been ambushed...

Keh-Ming Lin | 26 Nov 2020

Can Feeling Good Make People Morally Good?

The rise of COVID has exacerbated a recent sense of global crisis, with economic, political, and environmental aspects. Individuals experience such pressures as personal challenges to well-being. These...

Liz Jackson | 26 Nov 2020

(Re)Discovering Our “Better Angels”

What do the United Nation’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, free and fair elections, and secure homelands share in common? It is this: achieving these extraordinary ends depends on committed public...

James L. Perry | 25 Nov 2020

The Relationship between Bears and Humans

The relationship between bears and humans dates back tens of thousands of years, during which time we have competed with bears for shelter and food. Our strong link with bears is attested to by the Neanderthal...

Vincenzo Penteriani, Mario Melletti | 25 Nov 2020

Part II: Will the Chinese Civil Code Become the Code of the Century?

You can read Part I here. Equal treatment of state and private interests in contract law The equal protection of private and state interests is not an empty statement. It can be shown in the streamlining...

Arthur Taylor von Mehren, Hao Jiang, James Gordley | 23 Nov 2020

Empire’s ‘Unreal Cities’

Travelling between the cities of the former British empire can produce an uncanny sense of déjà vu: despite vast social, cultural and environmental differences, you’ll see familiar street names and...

Caitlin Vandertop | 19 Nov 2020

Q&A with Mark Jacobson

Mark Jacobson, the author of 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything, is here to answer your questions on renewable energy and climate change! Mark Jacobson answered questions about...

18 Nov 2020

Part I: Will the Chinese Civil Code Become the Code of the Century?

2020 has been an exceptionally challenging year. The widespread of Covid-19 affects everyone’s life across the globe. As we manage to live through the endless lockdowns and reopens and learn to live...

Arthur Taylor von Mehren, Hao Jiang, James Gordley | 16 Nov 2020

Huge boost to the search for extraterrestrial life

A decision has just been reached that will give an amazing boost to our capacity to search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. On 12th November, member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) signed...

Wallace Arthur | 16 Nov 2020