Is the Surveillance State Warping Our Minds?
Being watched constantly is bad for mental health.
Technology
Strange Things We Used to Be Scared About
Four formerly widespread fears, many of which were dispelled through innovation.
The One App That Zuck Won’t Touch
An Australian startup aims to remove online abuse in real time. Meta refuses to touch it.
New Legislation to Crack Down on Deepfakes in New Zealand
The proposed legislation represents a proactive effort to ensure New Zealand’s legal framework keeps pace with emerging threats in the digital age.
The Modern Forces Fueling an Ancient Scourge
Decades of scholarship have shown that hatred directed against Jews is one of the most overt symptoms of a deeper disease: a moral confusion fueled by emotional trauma and its accompanying self-hatred.
Claire Bleakley on the Gene Tech Bill
She is asking for the bill to be withdrawn and rewritten or amendments put into existing legislation: the Hazardous Substance and New Organisms Act 1996.
They Want a Licence to Kill
The average number of sunshine hours in New Zealand is above 2,000 per year. In the United Kingdom, it averages around 1,350.
Why Do Catholics Ignore the Internet?
It’s also never been easier for the Vatican to control politics using the internet.
America Can Still Lose the AI Race
America and the world risk letting China race ahead in the most significant technological revolution of modern times greatly extending its global influence in the process.
Hegseth’s Memo, What to Do Next
The signal flare has gone up, the opportunity to deliver capabilities faster, cheaper, and more effectively is not only possible – it is imperative.
Making Big Tobacco Look like Angels
Social media companies like Meta are little short of evil.
How Gaming Can Save Civilisation
These masculine characteristics lead to expressions of nationalism and patriotism. Perhaps it is for these reasons that the military is now using games as a recruiting tool. It seems as if gaming may be part of the push back in the culture war and the fight to save our civilisation.
This Can Only End Badly
Is this a good time to remind everybody of what happened in 2020? How the Labour Government locked us in our houses for the greater good? How they forced our elderly and unwell to die alone?