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Twitter in 2022: 5 essential reads about the consequences of Elon Musk’s takeover of the microblogging platform

You would be forgiven for growing numb to the almost daily assault of headlines proclaiming the latest stunning development involving Elon Musk’s tenure as owner and manager of Twitter…

by Dialektika

December 23, 2022

Society

As Musk takes control are we heading to an ‘everything app’ or the break-up of academic Twitter?

After much speculation, Twitter has been acquired by Elon Musk. In this post, Mark Carrigan asks, if now is the time to rethink academic twitter by separating out the knowledge exchange and…

by Dialektika

November 7, 2022

Society·Technology

Ales Bialiatski, Center for Civil Liberties and Memorial receive the Nobel Peace Prize – 2022

The winners represent civil society in their home countries. For many years, they have promoted the right to criticize power and to protect the fundamental rights of citizens…

by Dialektika

October 7, 2022

Society

Artificial intelligence is a totalitarian’s dream

Individualistic Western societies are built on the idea that no one knows our thoughts, desires, or joys better than we do. And so we put ourselves, rather than the government, in charge…

by Dialektika

August 17, 2020

Philosophy·Society·Technology

Kneeling On: from Colin Kaepernick to George Floyd

One policeman's knee triggered a disaster. It is almost poetic that another policeman's knee caused this revolutionary change in protests. The symbolic burden of a law enforcement officer amid this context bending…

by Fernando Almeyda

June 6, 2020

Society

Coronavirus reveals just how deep macho stereotypes run through society

Experts are unsure exactly why this might be. It may in part be due to differences in biology. Suggestions have been made, for example, that it might be because men and women…

by Dialektika

April 13, 2020

Society

Society

Twitter in 2022: 5 essential reads about the consequences of Elon Musk’s takeover of the microblogging platform

As Musk takes control are we heading to an ‘everything app’ or the break-up of academic Twitter?

Ales Bialiatski, Center for Civil Liberties and Memorial receive the Nobel Peace Prize – 2022

Artificial intelligence is a totalitarian’s dream

Kneeling On: from Colin Kaepernick to George Floyd

Coronavirus reveals just how deep macho stereotypes run through society

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