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Nolen Gertz
"The risk of nihilism is that it alienates us from anything good or true. Yet believing in nothing has positive potential."
Nolen Gertz is an Assistant Professor of applied philosophy at the University of Twente and a senior researcher of the 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology in Eindhoven, both in the Netherlands. He is the author of a number of books including The Philosophy of War and Exile and Nihilism and Technology. His research focuses primarily on the intersection of political philosophy, existential phenomenology, and philosophy of technology.
His traillblazing work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and on the ABC Australia website, as well as in interviews for BBC World, Al Jazeera, Austrian Public Radio, Ireland's National Independent Radio, and France's Philosophie Magazine.
"He always satiates when I seek meaningful bites on the seemingly meaningless political, social, and economic existences so many parts of the world are experiencing today" - 032c Magazine
"The risk of nihilism is that it alienates us from anything good or true. Yet believing in nothing has positive potential."
Nolen Gertz is an Assistant Professor of applied philosophy at the University of Twente and a senior researcher of the 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology in Eindhoven, both in the Netherlands. He is the author of a number of books including The Philosophy of War and Exile and Nihilism and Technology. His research focuses primarily on the intersection of political philosophy, existential phenomenology, and philosophy of technology.
His traillblazing work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and on the ABC Australia website, as well as in interviews for BBC World, Al Jazeera, Austrian Public Radio, Ireland's National Independent Radio, and France's Philosophie Magazine.
"He always satiates when I seek meaningful bites on the seemingly meaningless political, social, and economic existences so many parts of the world are experiencing today" - 032c Magazine
Nolen Gertz Videos
The danger and desire of the frontier
Should we seek to explore mars while the earth burns?
The communication crisis
Reclaiming communication from tech
Rhetoric and reality
Why is language no guide to reality?
Nihilism and the meaning of life
Losing hope in the information age
The reality of living forever
Should we stop resisting death?
Nolen Gertz Articles
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The Shame Game
Why do we fear shame?
The Fires of Progress
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Rory Stewart in Conversation with Emma Barnett
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Reason and The Decline of Violence
Steven Pinker's Theory Explored
The Wealth Delusion
Would more equality lead to greater happiness?
The Gathering Storm
Russia, China and the New World Order
Why Things Get Better
Steven Pinker on the world's bright future.
Monarchy, Caste and Inheritance
Must an equal world abolish all family privilege?
Free Thought
Are universities threatening free speech?
Rethinking Capital
Are there alternative economic systems?
The Crisis of the West
Is the Age of the West at an end?
The Morality of War
Should wealthy countries intervene in wars around the world?
How to Change the World
Brian Eno and James Thornton on living a good life
The Great Economists
How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today | Linda Yueh
Radical Spirituality
Can spiritual activism save the planet?
The End of the West
Should we worry about the fall of Western power?
The New Politics
Is the market the most important thing?
Avoiding Apocalypse
Is a nuclear crisis inevitable?
Guns and Butter
Hard and Soft power
Beyond Borders
Removing vs Strengthening Borders
War and Peace
Has Trump made the world more dangerous?
Rich and Equal
Can a society be equal and prosperous?
What should we do about poverty?
Big Issue Founder John Bird's Political Manifesto
Can Facebook Save Itself?
Internet giants between the market and government regulation
The Struggle for Social Justice
Can we make rich countries fairer? | Angela Eagle
Out of Control
How dangerous are the tech giants?
Generation Rent: Sharing the Future
Is our obsession with owning property outdated?
The New Mafia
Is it too late to regulate tech giants?
Authority, Liberty and Wealth
Is 'The China Model' better than democracy?
After The Crisis
Mapping the road to recovery
The Infinite Boom
Is it wrong for state budgets to focus on growth?
Capitalism, Poverty and Progress
Deirdre McCloskey | Free markets empower the poor
Eating to Save the Planet
Is it time to rethink our relationship with food?
Gandhi vs Guevara
Is violence ever a justifiable political strategy?
The Tears of the Europeans
Is the US in dangerous decline?
Beware Bankers Bearing Gifts
Do we need debt?
On Imperialism
George Galloway strikes a blow against imperialism
After Capitalism
Is it the only viable economic system or can we imagine a post-capitalist world?
Are Islam and Westernism Compatible?
Resisting vs Embracing Islam in the West
Decolonising Britain
Creating post-colonial identity | Myriam Francois
Securing Our Future
Anders Sandberg | How to avoid global disasters
Diversity and Power
Is radical thinking enough to change society?
The Fantasy of Money
Are there alternatives to currency?
War and Peace
The politics of conflict
The Global Aristocracy
Should there be a limit to the power of the global elite?
The End of Ideals?
Do we need grand political visions?
Towards A New Humanity
Immigration and Identity
Britain, Brexit, and borders
Money For Nothing
Guy Standing vs Deirdre McCloskey on Universal Basic Income
Corporation vs. Nation
Should states aim to contain corporate power?
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Tipping points and the Earth's system
Human history in the age of the Anthropocene
Could blockchain end big tech?
Nature is not a resource for humans
The dangers of Zuckerberg's metaverse
The new science of extreme weather
AI is turning us into machines
Neurons in a dish learn to play Pong
How technology will revolutionise relationships
We should all be worried about synthetic data
Google's AI is not sentient. Not even slightly
The AI containment problem
Technological determinism is wrong
The dangers of science behind closed doors
Why electric cars are a mistake
Why we have the future of AI wrong
Why AI must learn to forget
All-knowing machines are a fantasy
AI may need sleep too
The lunacy of 'machine consciousness'
'Machine consciousness' is not lunacy
The end of astronauts
Machine Life
Google, Amazon and Plato’s Cave
The culture of bees and the AI apocalypse
AI and the end of reason
Controlling the threats from AI
AI, Moloch, and the race to the bottom
Stem cells: the hype and the dangerous reality
Ancient traits in modern life