Harnessing Evolution: Escaping the Exponential Spiral of Human Growth

Human civilization is obsessed with growth, but our relentless pursuit of it might be the problem of the century, and it could easily break us completely. Bret Weinstein is an evolutionary biologist of repute, both excellent and controversial. After leaving Evergreen College last year, Bret and his equally evolutionary-biologist wife Heather Heying have been spending […] Read more

Book Review: Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

Michael Wolff’s explosive book on the Trump administration, while an entertaining read, is dubious in terms of its factual veracity. Michael Wolff’s fly-on-the-wall account of the Trump White House’s first months in office, Fire and Fury, is already one of 2018’s best-selling and most controversial books. While its contents have been questioned and vociferously denied […] Read more

Blade Runner And What It Means To Be Human

In ‘Blade Runner’ an iconic movie about androids without empathy, the storytellers urge the audience to discover what it is that makes us human. There is obvious potential for Blade Runner 2049 to be botched. The ‘many years later’ sequel/prequel/remake doesn’t exactly have the best record (some being rehashes, others confused, and others just bad). […] Read more

A Celebration of Science and Reason: A Night To Remember

The recent ‘Celebration of Science and Reason’ with renowned intellectuals Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins proved why these events are a dire necessity in our polarised times. Throngs of people clad in jackets and pop-culture t-shirts lined up outside the brightly lit Art Deco walls of the Eventim Apollo on Sunday night, to hear neuroscientist […] Read more