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A society built on artificial intelligence

Utopia or Future: Is artificial intelligence and automation a rescue or a threat to society?
sami@nytid.com -

The hidden fascism

FASCISM: Is it possible to live a non-fascist life in a society built on fascist power structures?
Pinar Ciftci -

Nature's self-regulating mechanisms

ECOSYSTEMS: How can human insight into the contexts of nature be managed for the best in the Anthropocene age?
Svein Hammer -

Are you a human being?

The way we see – and do not see – the outside world is largely determined by the culture and society in which we grow up and are shaped. But is it possible to reveal our own blind spots in our day? asks author Hanne Ramsdal.
Hanne Ramsdal -

Together we are less alone

The competition principle of neoliberalism goes against our nature; it is cooperation that is unique to our species – and cooperation that can save us.
Henning Næs -

Liberal and anarchist

Weekly magazine The Economist marked 15. September's 175 anniversary with a manifesto against weakened liberal values.
Truls Lie -

The new glue of society

Would a monthly sum from the state to all the community's adults rekindle the sense of community between citizens?
Andrew P. Kroglund -

Time, space and revolution

On the other side of the barricades, activists are building a society where they own their own time. 
Mikkel Bolt -

Imaginary meetings

How are we going to evolve in the technology era? Author Jessica Sequeira believes that we have rich opportunities to develop living thinking in the face of technology.
Henning Næs -

Machine Man

The technological man was recently examined during a seminar organized by the Norwegian Critics' Association, as part of the literature festival at Lillehammer.
Hanne Ramsdal -

Life without a safety net

The anxiety has become a private matter and this is dangerous, writes author Heinz Bude in the Society of Fear – an essayistic gem of a sociology book.
Sigurd Ohrem -

Three political periods in Serbia

This documentary is a story from "the other side", which is not so common in the dominant narrative of Serbia before, during and after the war.
tina.poglajen@gmail.com -

The power of impotence

We need a new activism – not through revolutionary change, but through systematic efforts to develop a humane and free society.
Anders Dunk -

The wireless industry's sunsets?

Radiation: A call from scientists and doctors around the world calls on the European Commission to halt the rollout of 5G in Europe until the health and environmental impact has been investigated by impartial researchers. The call indicates that the harmful effects of microwaves are known, and already so extensive that they threaten the health of humans, animals and plants.
Einar Flydal -

The escape from the common problems

Recently deceased Zygmunt Bauman is known for his grim social diagnoses. Where is the medicine? 
Anders Dunk -

Rich full-format MODERN TIMES including the supplement Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly in early March, June, September and December) with international book reviews (non-fiction) and comments / essays. According to the physical newspaper (and PDF), the articles are published regularly online (see the newsletters).

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