Should humanity colonise space?
As space settlement becomes plausible, we must ask whether leaving Earth is a necessity or an irreversible mistake.
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Philosophy
Alone in the wasteland
Everyone is dead. You are born completely alone. Would you feel lonely? At first, the answer seems obvious. Probably not. Loneliness usually feels like being cut off from other people, and if you have never known other people, then what exactly would you be missing? You would have nothing to compare your life to. No
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Mirages of the self
Isolation, wandering, and the solitary quest in American wasteland cinema
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Art is power. Power is art.
Investigating the relationship between cultural sovereignty and Congolese emancipation
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Simulacra and stimulation
It’s a two syllable word that is everywhere and nowhere at once. Taboo—easy to miss, yet glaringly obvious. But what does it mean today with the commodification of art? In 2024, A24 released the movie Babygirl, which is about a powerful CEO who engages in a BDSM relationship with her much younger male intern. In
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Is consent possible?
Lessons in Guilt from MacKinnon and Foucault Content Warnings: Mentions of Sexual Assault. Before I begin, I must confess to a handful of biases because to do otherwise would be irresponsible. I am a survivor of a sexual assault perpetrated by a young hockey-playing man from southwestern Ontario and am therefore anything but an unbiased
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