Big Ideas
Here you will discover a showcase of contemporary intellectual articles and subjects that shape overarching themes facing our world and challenge our individual perceptions and preconceived notions. Keep reading to discover topics ranging across all fields of human experiential existence and beyond.
Artificial Intelligence and the world’s “Oppenheimer Moment”
By Bernd Debusmann WASHINGTON — The rapid advance of Artificial Intelligence has pushed the world to the brink of a technological revolution that will affect most of the world’s eight billion people. It raises a question of crucial importance: will AI be a force for good or an existential threat?
Artificial Intelligence and the world’s “Oppenheimer Moment”
By Bernd Debusmann WASHINGTON — The rapid advance of Artificial Intelligence has pushed the world to the brink of a technological revolution that will affect most of the world’s eight billion people. It raises a question of crucial importance: will AI be a force for good or an existential threat?
Psychedelics and the Holocaust: A Journey Into Ancestral Memory
By Seth Lorinczi, My midlife crisis came a few years ago. It arrived right on time: I was in my 40s, married with a young
Daring to Not Have an Opinion is the Vulnerability We Need
By Nadia Schmidtke “All I am saying is that I’d rather give all that money to green energy research or something,” said my acquaintance. I
The Gabby Petito Case Highlights our Obsession with the Missing
By Leah Eichler When I was 12, my uncle spontaneously decided to whisk me and my brother away to Florida for our birthday. The plan
The Pandemic Taught Me I Don’t Need to Smile
I thought smiling made me a nice person. Not only was I making everyone’s day better by blessing them with an unobstructed view of my bright and shiny chompers, but I was showing them they matter. My smiling made others feel important.Then it dawned on me: My adult smiling was an offshoot of my childhood attention grabbing. Never was this more obvious to me than when I had to mask up for COVID.
Honey, a Robot Took my Job and That’s OK
By Leah Eichler “Are you saying, Dad, you’re glad you lost your job?” “In many ways, Josie, yes. And it’s not like I really
Did A Bank Teller Change Ontario’s Course on Basic Income?
By Jamie Swift During Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s 2018 election campaign, he promised to stay the course, funding the province’s Basic Income pilot project for
Unnatural Barriers: How 19th-Century Train Tracks are Still Shaping Today’s Cities
By Richard Berman Urban planning has always existed in a bit of a fantasy world. All you need to do is look at covers of
Here you will discover a showcase of contemporary intellectual articles and subjects that shape overarching themes facing our world and challenge our individual perceptions and preconceived notions. Keep reading to discover topics ranging across all fields of human experiential existence and beyond.