By Tom Brasher In recent years, transhumanism has become an increasingly popular topic. In 2016, Zoltan Istvan ran for US President on a platform of using technology and scientific research in order to make humans immortal. In 2021, Elon Musk’s company Neuralink was able to ra...

By Tom Brasher It is undeniable that society has changed drastically in a very short amount of time. With the introduction of the internet and the growth of new technologies, the world today is radically different from what it once was and still remains in a constant state of ...

By Tom Brasher In 1935, the philosopher Bertram Russel published an essay titled ‘In Praise of Idleness’ in which he argued that with the advancement of technology, more work could be completed by machines, allowing people more leisure time. Similar arguments have also been ma...

By Tom Brasher How can we solve the issue of Big Tech? With the growth of large tech corporations, most prominently Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook, the idea that we have a free internet seems implausible as these companies sell users’ data, stifle competition a...

Warmest welcome to our April interns! We ask each intern to briefly introduce themselves. I am a third year Politics BA student, and I am interested in how the internet can facilitate the development of new political movements and how ideas can spread and gain traction online....