On New Year's Day 2021, we pause to look both backwards and forwards. We identify and discuss four themes: the defeat of Trump and what that means for the global right Internationale, the fragmentation of the left and signs in movements around the world of its incipient re-emergence, the intensifying struggle to control information and particularly the internet, the impact of certain technological developments such as AI and CRISPR. We indicate how these developments are interlocked and how that points towards what is to be done. [Free. 47 minutes.]
MONARCHY: INSTITUTION & SOAP OPERA - INTERESTING TIMES 26
THE DRY TINDER OF RESENTMENT & OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMANCIPATION - INTERESTING TIMES 25
CORRUPTION, AUTHORITARIANISM, NUGATORY OPPOSITION - INTERESTING TIMES 24
FREUD'S INFLUENCE ON US GOVERNMENT & BUSINESS
REASON ON REASON 4 - MADNESS
EVENTS THAT DEMYSTIFY: BREXIT NOT DONE, GAMESTOP & A TRUTHFUL POLITICIAN - INTERESTING TIMES 23
PAIN, HOPE & THE STATE OF THE NATION - INTERESTING TIMES 22
REASON ON REASON 3 - QUESTIONING IN THE AGE OF REASON
TWITTER BANS AND FREE SPEECH - INTERESTING TIMES 21
INVASION OF US CAPITOL - INTERESTING TIMES 20
LAO TZU 33
MUTANTS, BORDERS AND PLAGUE ISLAND - INTERESTING TIMES 18
REASON ON REASON 2 - THE ANTECEDENTS TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT
LAO TZU 32
LABOUR'S CIVIL WAR, BREXIT, FRAGMENTATION - INTERESTING TIMES 17
LAO TZU 31
REASON ON REASON 1 - MAPPING THE TERRAIN
LAO TZU 30
POST TRUTH THIS WEEK - INTERESTING TIMES 16
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