The Human Inability to Perceive Non-Obvious Threats
The year 2020 has hardly been a joyride so far. With every passing month, it seems that we’re advancing to a more difficult level in a cruel, never-ending game. Kicking things off with veiled threats of World War III, we slowly but surely eased into a pandemic, just in time to witness – and, hopefully,
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Scenarios for Viral Resurgence
It’s everywhere on the news. You’ve probably heard or read about it. It’s the thing that’s been constantly on our minds for the past couple weeks, the invisible enemy that sequesters us indoors. Whether you’re referring to the virus itself (SARS-CoV-2) or the associated disease (COVID-19), the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has successfully managed to make
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The Art of Money Laundering
You’re probably aware of how expensive the art world can be. More than once you’ve seen on the news how seemingly rudimentary paintings are sold for more money than you hope to make in your life – the one above, Onement VI by Barnett Newman, reached the hefty price tag of 43.8 million USD at
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In 1938, French philosopher Louis Rougier organised the Walter Lippmann Colloquium. This was a conference of intellectuals whose main objective was to come up with a new liberal philosophy in order to replace the failed laissez-faire liberalism and fight the rise of collectivism and socialism. It was at this summit that the term neoliberalism was
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