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In a post-truth world truth-seeking is more important than ever

Knowing is a moral act

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Truth is dead, and that's a good thing

The democratic dream of social media is still alive and kicking

Steve Fuller
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The internet is broken, here's how to fix it

The real internet revolution starts now

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The psychedelic origins, and future, of Western thought

The psychedelic genealogy of morals

Ricky Williamson
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Cultural memory should not keep us stuck in the past

On the urge for public memorialization

Marie Louise Stig Sørensen
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Why the news can never be neutral, and what we can do about it

Pragmatism can solve journalism's truth problem

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Absurdity may be king, but love saves us from it

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Why it's easier to do evil than to do good

Hobbes was right

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I'm not angry at you humanity, I'm just disappointed

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After the death of the grand narrative

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Reality and the self are perpetually incomplete

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Surviving the cult of climate doom

William Blake and the apostles of the apocalypse

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Why running makes you a better person

Plato's marathon to morality

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There is no such thing as impartiality

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