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Mary Beard: "Pericles's immigration policy makes Theresa May look like a liberal"
Mary Beard: "Pericles's immigration policy makes Theresa May look like a liberal"
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IELTS Band 9 English Speaking Excellence with Practice and Subtitles
IELTS speaking interview score 9, perfect candidate, answers about work, school, and team membership with great vocabulary and idioms. The video is part of our Speaking Section playlist that teaches important strategies for IELTS...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Are we in control of ourselves?
Many have been sceptical of Freud's claim that unconscious desires control our lives. Yet recent studies show the conscious brain processes only a tiny fraction of the brain as a whole. Are hidden desires and secret thoughts driving our...
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Will The $3 Trillion COVID Stimulus Package Pass (The HEROES Act) - TLDR News
With the COVID crisis continuing and economic damage worsening, many are considering how to manage the crisis. Like many other countries, the US is planning to spend vast amounts of money to prop up businesses, local authorities, and...
The Wall Street Journal
DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on AI Doing Better
The global pandemic has focused attention on the importance of science and technology. What role can AI play in solving the big scientific questions of the coming decades? And how should we respond to the challenges this new technology...
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Medicare For All Public Option Comparing Health Care Plans - TLDR News
Going into the 2020 election there's a lot of disagreement about the future of health care in the US. Some Democratic candidates favour a 'Medicare For All' style plan covering all Americans, while others favour an opt-in 'Public...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Does a rational approach to morality create a better world?
We think empathising with others is the route to a better world. But studies show that empathy encourages us to help one named child over ten anonymous others. Is morality strangely not about empathy at all? Does the moral way to act...
Intelligence Squared
Should Britain leave the EU? Niall Ferguson gives a Kissingerist view
Should Britain leave the EU? Niall Ferguson gives a Kissingerist view.
Intelligence Squared
The philosophical "burning building scenario"
Giles Fraser on the "burning building scenario"
Institute of Art and Ideas
Do we need nations to protect ourselves from global government?
From the Olympics to the UN we celebrate national identity and culture. Yet nations are typically the source of warfare and conflict. Would we be better to get rid of nations and borders in favour of a wider, ultimately global,...
Institute of Art and Ideas
A radical new model for consciousness
Neuroscience has enabled us to explain how the brain affects the body. Yet there is no theory to explain how the matter of the brain creates thought and experience. Is consciousness inexplicable because it is not part of the material...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Placing ourselves in space and time
We think space and time are the structure of the universe. Yet Einstein argued 'space and time are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live'. And philosophers, Kant and Heidegger, saw space and time as the framework of...
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Corrupt COVID Contracts: Should Ministers Reveal Conflicts of Interest? - TLDR News
This week Parliament debated the extent to which informants should be allowed to break the law & the use of child spies. They also discussed a new bill which proposes that Ministers should be required to disclose any conflicts of...
Intelligence Squared
Robert Caro on Robert Moses and becoming a biographer
Robert Caro on Robert Moses and becoming a biographer.
Institute of Art and Ideas
Are thinking machines really a threat?
Evil artificial intelligences are luckily confined to fiction. Yet leading scientists claim that intelligent machines are 'the most serious threat facing mankind'. Are they right or could a mind free from human prejudices create a better...
TLDR News
Johnson Extends his Emergency COVID Powers until October & Gets Grilled by his own Party - TLDR News
This Week in Parliament is the series where we discuss what's been going on in the Houses of Parliament. This week the Commons voted to extend the government's "emergency" powers to handle the pandemic until October and the Liaison...
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Trump & Biden's Town Hall Highlights Explained: Did Anyone Really Win? - TLDR News
Last night President Trump and Joe Biden held two town hall events where they took questions from an audience of voters. Unfortunately, both were held at exactly the same time on competing networks, so in this video, we will try to...
The Wall Street Journal
Hamburg's Former Data Protection Commissioner on Data Privacy
Described as one of Europe's most powerful data privacy hawks, Johannes Caspar joins to discuss his influence on the global privacy debate and how policymakers should approach regulating big tech.
Mazz Media
Donald Trump: The 45th President of the United States
Exploring Our Nation: Donald Trump: The 45th President of the United States After beating out 16 candidates in the Republican 2 to 5 and securing 304 electoral college votes, Donald John Trump became the 45th President of the United...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Simon Johnson - 13 Bankers And The Next Financial Meltdown
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 4: Political Economy: What Can Government Do? What Will Government Do?
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Britain's £1.4 BILLION Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia while Cutting Aid to Yemen - TLDR News
This Week in Parliament is the series where we discuss what's been going on in the Houses of Parliament. This week the Commons debated the Government's decision to continue arms sales to Saudi Arabia while cutting aid to Yemen; a...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Do we have full control of our actions?
Many have been sceptical of Freud's claim that unconscious desires control our lives. Yet recent studies show the conscious brain processes only a tiny fraction of the brain as a whole. Are hidden desires and secret thoughts driving our...
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Biden Wins Florida, Illinois & Arizona What Happens Now - TLDR News
In yesterday's primaries Biden picked up the three states on offer - Florida, Illinois & Arizona. This puts Biden significantly ahead in the delegate count and calls the chances of the Sander campaigns into question even further. In this...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Why are our lives so puzzling?
From Aristotle to Einstein humans have tried to make sense of the world. Yet despite huge advances, a final explanation looks as distant as ever. What makes our lives and the world so puzzling and inexplicable? Is it too soon to give up...