Issue 70: The Boring Issue

The History and Politics of Boredom

Boredom isn't personal: it's the mark of modernity

Elizabeth S. Goodstein

Article

How We Think of Our Lives

Boredom in contemporary literature.

Ralph Clare

Article

Issue 70: The Boring Issue

Can boredom be interesting?

The Art of Boredom

Rather than an individual experience, boredom can be a philosophical key to understanding modern life

Andrew Bowie

When Boredom Becomes Stagnation: The Importance of Occupying the Mind

Philosophy can provide prisoners with the sense of growth essential to being human

Kirstine Szifris

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What Do You Do When You're Alone

Art, obsession and intimacy, according to the psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott

Olivia Laing

Modelling Life in Art and Science

Art and science have more in common that they differ in the way they use models

James Nguyen

Being With Others

The peril of our age is not our inability to be with ourselves but with others

Thomas Dumm

Issue 69: Artificial Intelligence

Issue 69: AI

Should we embrace AI or worry about it?

IAI Editorial

Where Is My Mind?: An Interview with Andy Clark

Is your smartphone a part of your brain? Andy Clark discusses his mind-expanding ideas.

David Maclean

When a Robot Becomes Judge

Carl Miller warns about the hidden powers of algorithms

Carl Miller

Why We Shouldn't Be Scared of AI

AI is a continuity of human intelligence.

John Collins

Article

Can Artificial Intelligence Give Our Lives Meaning?

Could AI make our daily lives more human?

Ruth Yeoman

Article

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A Puzzle About Emotional Robots

Could a robot truly experience human emotions?

Joel Smith

Article

The Future of Sex Robots

Could sex robots be a kind of utopia?

Kate Devlin

Article

Issue 68: The Good Life

What African Philosophy Can Teach You About the Good Life

Acknowledging how we constantly change each other can help us imagine better futures

Omedi Ochieng

Issue 68: The Good Life

Where can happiness be found?

Are You As Good As You Think?

Probably not. But good news: you can change this.

Christian B. Miller

Article

Zhana Vrangalova on The Science of Good Sex

The orgasm gap and how it can be overcome.

Paula Erizanu

Article

Life As a Work of Art

An outdated metaphor, or pointless self-help advice?

Bence Nanay

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Optimism and the Good Life

Why optimism can make you a better, happier person

Lisa Bortolotti

Article

Can We Reinvent Ourselves? An Existentialist View

Sartre and Beauvoir disagreed on the tension between our freedom, and our power

Kate Kirkpatrick

What Is The Meaning of Life?

Being 'awake' makes life full, and those going through transformative experiences know this

Steve Taylor

How To Choose Your Dream Job Like an Effective Altruist

Hint: make it a personal fit, pursue impact and passion will follow

William MacAskill

Issue 67: The Agony and the Ecstasy

The Agony and the Ecstasy

What role do bliss and ecstasy play in our personal and political lives? How do we navigate situations of extreme pain and torment?

Béatrice Han-Pile On The Ethics of Powerlessness

Can philosophy help care for the terminally-ill?

David Maclean

Article

Why Eros and Illness Make Good Bedfellows

Illness can ignite our strongest lust for life.

David Morris

Article

The Ecstasy of the Hyperreal in the Age of Trump

A Baudrillardian view on the war for attention.

Douglas Kellner

Article