Tag: politics
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The Dialectic of Self Interest and Altruism
What I mean by Dialectic is in line with Hegel’s concept of opposing concepts resolving in a synthesis of sorts. This post will be fairly short, but will capture a brief muse I’ve not yet written down in public. Essentially the muse is born of the question of whether self interest or altruism is the…
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Schizophrenic Politics and the Modern World Stage
Schizophrenia, meaning ‘split mind’ in ancient Greek- there is no better term for the current state of politics. Vladislav Surkov (“Putin’s Rasputin”) introduced some interesting concepts to the Russian propaganda machine, inspired by absurdist and surrealist art theory. If you can make such a confusion of a spectacle, make every event polarising and divisive, and…
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The Future of AI in Government? Democracy is in Need of an Upgrade.
We spend so much of our time and attention on our devices, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the future of political technology will involve a digital government platform. With the right security measures in place it would increase accessibility, the number of people actively voting (at the push of a button in the…
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An Existential Ramble
How to be a conscientious objector to a world from which I cannot be separate? I work, I earn good money…But I work for a machine that funds oil, mining, and weapons manufacture; all of which come at the expense of my fellow man and the planet on which I live. So what, then?Resign myself…
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Direct Democracy and Transparent Governance: A Proposal for Modern Societies
I would like to put forward some ideas and ideals of democracy, actionable in this modern time given the technological capabilities we possess. I do not suggest these in conspiracy, but in votive of the wellbeing of my fellow human beings. While reading, you may well think to yourself “there’s no way that the people…
Aethnen 