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Tom Chatfield

Author and cultural theorist with interests in technology and gaming, Tom is an associate editor of Prospect. His book on video game culture is entitled Fun Inc.

Author and cultural theorist with interests in technology and gaming, Tom is an associate editor of Prospect. His book on video game culture is entitled Fun Inc.

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In Defense of Pornography

What kind of porn could be ok?

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David Malone,Hilary Lawson,David Chalmers,Kate Devlin

What Machines Can't Do

Will computers ever match human intelligence?

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Kwame Anthony Appiah

Against Meritocracy

Kwame Anthony Appiah | Merit is a mask of class

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Corruption and Climate Change

Piers Corbyn | We misunderstood climate change

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Finn Mackay,Myriam Francois,Leena Nair,Elif Safak

Rethinking Feminism

Is there a universal goal for women's rights?

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Beatrix Campbell,Helen Croydon,Melissa Benn,Sam Roddick

Women and Conquest

Is modern sexual culture liberating?

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Finn Mackay,Katie Derham,Carol Gilligan,Matthew Hancock

The World After Men

Should we pursue matriarchy?

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Isabel Hilton,Margaret Heffernan,Myriam Francois,Kimberlé Crenshaw

Sisters and the Sisterhood

Can elite women help all women?

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Witches, Sluts, Feminists

Kristen Sollee | A History of Witch Feminism

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Return to Radical Feminism

Finn Mackay | Has current feminism lost its way?

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Gabrielle Walker,Rupert Read,Bruce Parry,Kate Soper

Humans versus Nature

Are humans part of nature or a hostile enemy?

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Robert Rowland Smith,Shahidha Bari,Martha Fiennes,Chris Sherwood

The Story of Romance

Do we need a new narrative for love?

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A Politics of Hope

Where are the alternatives to injustice?

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Phillip Blond,Ritula Shah,Natalie Bennett,Marcela Manubens

Equality and Difference

Should equality be applied to all aspects of life?

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Blind Data

The secrets behind compatibility science

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Griselda Pollock

After Feminism

The traumatic force of feminism | Griselda Pollock

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Roger Penrose,Warren Ellis,Gabrielle Walker,Nigel Shadbolt

March of the Machines

Is AI a threat to mankind?

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Rana Mitter,Finn Mackay,Angela Eagle,Patricia MacCormack

Beyond Men and Women

Should we fight prejudice or gender?

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Jonathan Derbyshire,Bjorn Lomborg,Nigel Lawson,Polly Higgins,Crispin Tickell

The World in Our Hands

Rationality and climate change

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Equal Is Unfair

Inequality is not the foe | Yaron Brook

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Catherine Hakim,Theodore Dalrymple,Zing Tsjeng,Niki Adams

Victims and Conquerors

Prostitutes or clients, who holds the power?

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Rowan Pelling,Serena Kutchinsky,Kirsty White

Forbidden Fantasies

Is sexual desire dangerous?

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Christopher Hamilton,Doll Cat Pvssy,Amy Grier,Tim Dowling

The Self and the Selfie

Can focusing on oneself bring about happiness?

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Theodore Dalrymple,Philip Collins,Helena Cronin,Sophie Walker

Greater Than Equal

Is equality of opportunity a misguided goal that legitimises inequality?

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Rowan Pelling,Diane Abbott,Jamie Whyte,Julie Bindel,Serena Kutchinsky

Real Men

Is the real man a fantasy?

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Christopher Hamilton,Barry C. Smith,Serena Kutchinsky,Bruce Parry

The Puzzle of Progress

Has technology brought us the good life?

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Felicity Evans,Paul Kingsnorth,Tamsin Omond,Piers Corbyn,Martin Palmer

The Dark Side of Environmentalism

Are we just trying to repent of our consumerism?

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Catherine Hakim,Paul Moss,Theodore Dalrymple,Hallie Rubenhold,Brooke Magnanti

Selling Ourselves

The body as a commodity

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Margaret Boden,Hubert Dreyfus,Paul Dolan

Mind Machines

The future of AI

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Myriam Francois,Rowan Pelling,Emma Sulkowicz,Isabel Hilton

Dreams of Equality

What does mainstream feminism promise?

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Dream Hoarders

Is the middle class to blame for inequality?

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Niki Adams,Liz Hilton

The Oldest Profession

Niki Adams | Should we decriminalise sex work?

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Diane Abbott,Helena Cronin,Niamh Corbett,Matthew Parris

When Women Rule

Do women make better leaders?

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Crispin Tickell,James Lovelock

James Lovelock: Creativity in Science & Gaia Theory

The life of a lone scientist

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David Aaronovitch,Julie Bindel,Beatrix Campbell,Carla Buzasi

After Equality

Where is feminism going?

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Michael McIntyre,Gabrielle Walker,Robert Carter,Richard Corfield

What We Don't Know About CO2

The science of climate change

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Lauren Booth,Rowan Pelling,Peter Hitchens,Daniel Miller

The Devil's Parties

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Phillip Blond,Roger Bolton,Elif Sarican,Joanna Williams

Where Women Rule

The age of anti-patriarchy

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Politics and the Patriarchy

Does Westminster still have a problem with women?

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What's Right Anymore?

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Beatrix Campbell,John Bird,Meg Rosoff,Helen Croydon

After Equality

Where is feminism going?

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Iain Edgar,Susan Blackmore,Caspar Melville,Edward Skidelsky,Peter Hitchens

Drug Culture

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Can We Control AI?

Nigel Shadbolt | The right questions to ask on AI

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How We Came to #MeToo

Linda Woodhead | The origins of sexual accusations

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Margaret Heffernan

A Woman's World

Margaret Heffernan | On radical feminist futures

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The Crisis of Masculinity

Can socialism and feminism help redefine manhood?

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Exotic England: Europe's Most Promiscuous Tribe

People's promiscuity in multicultural England

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Paul Moss,Ben Hammersley,Warren Ellis,Edie Lush

Is Digital Thinking Different?

The internet revolution & the human brain

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Dangerous Images

Acclaimed photographer Adrian Arbib uncovers the moment art and journalism clash with the law.

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Kimberlé Crenshaw,Diane Abbott,Richard Reeves,Kemi Badenoch,Rana Mitter

Who We Are: Beyond Black and White

Can we have a world where race does not matter?