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A collection of articles about the Water crises
ree Speech Debate - journalism, democracy, society
A collection of articles and videos about Free Speech, Hate Speech, and the Internet
Data Sets and AI in medicine and health care
a collection of articles about Google - AI, ethics, controversy and debate
A collection of articles about Critical Thinking
2017: articles and videos looking at the US decision to recognize Jerusale as the capital of Israel (instead of Tel Aviv), and the political implications of this decision
A collection of articles and videos looking at the geopolitics and investments in Silicon Valley
a collection about Google - employees, contractors and controversy
a collection of articles about the EU - European Union - austerity and the debt crisis (2009-present)
a collection of articles about ethical issues and sustainable business
a collection of articles about ethical issues and (tech) startups
Political Speech in the Workplace - culture, teams and management issues
A collection of articles about Polarization, social media and “filter bubbles”
a collection of articles about Bitmain - Mining of Bitcoin, Ethereum
Tech + Government: Military, Funding and Silicon Valley
Debate - strategies for debating in Communication and Public Speaking
a collection of articles and videos about Stephen Hawking - Physics, Science, and Big Ideas
Artificial intelligence (ai) applications in health care and medicine
a collection of articles and resources about Chat bots, Artificial intelligence (ai) applications in health care and medicine
a collection of articles, podcasts and resources looking at Artificial intelligence and algorithms in law, criminal justice and policing
What is Consciousness? Discussions about robots, plants, AI and more
Democracy, Capitalism and free markets
Medicaid - Healthcare USA
Rising Healthcare Costs in the USA
a collection about Scientific Research and Corporate Influence
A look at healthcare costs in the USA
Wikipedia - issues of accuracy, bias, misinformation
Blockchain applications in health care and medicine
a collection of articles and videos about GMO foods - the debate and science of genetically modified foods

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How The World Is Reacting To Trump Recognizing Jerusalem As Israel's Capital : The Two-Way : NPR

NPR, "Although the move has been welcomed by Israel, many key players in the Middle East have cautioned that it is likely to spark violence and der... (2017)


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Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital and Orders U.S. Embassy to Move - The New York Times

Ignoring warnings from diplomats around the world, President Trump reverses decades of American policy toward the contested city. (2017)


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Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem - Donald’s daring diplomacy

A PINE grove in south Jerusalem has remained untouched for decades. This is the site reserved for America’s embassy in Israel (pictured). But like ... (2017)


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Map of Palestine 1949

Index to villages and settlements. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington. Available also through the Library of Congress Web... (2017)


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Socialism, Capitalism Seen in New Light by Younger Americans - WSJ

Surveys of America’s youngest voters find a rising appeal of socialism, skepticism about capitalism and a more socially conscious outlook that has ... (2017)


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Universities are also to blame for the GOP’s ‘grad student tax’ - The Washington Post

Charging us tuition, only to waive it, helps to define us as students instead of the essential workers we are. “But while we should all be calli... (2017)


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A Public Option For Food | Current Affairs

Does the food system prove that we should privatize public schools? No, it proves that free markets are a disaster… (2017)


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Why I don't Support Net Neutrality - Think Liberty

It seems that lately where ever you look, someone is talking about net neutrality. There are a lot of arguments, and I'm going to address one's I'v... (2017)


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The EU’s Eastern Partnership - Disappointed suitors

THE question of where Europe’s eastern border lies has bedevilled statesmen for centuries. It has proved equally difficult for the European Union, ... (2017)


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The impossibility of intelligence explosion

Medium: “In 1965, I. J. Good described for the first time the notion of “intelligence explosion”, as it relates to artificial intelligence (AI): D... (2017)


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How Germany abolished tuition fees - BBC News

How have German universities been able to abolish tuition fees when English universities are charging £9,000? More than a million young people wil... (2017)


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Report: U.S. Spends More Per Person On Health Care Than Any Country: NPR

A new report looks at data from 184 countries. And raises the question: Does more spending lead to better health outcomes? (2017)


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Budweiser's ex-marketing chief: Weed is the new craft beer

"A poll says 64% of the U.S. population now wants to lift the federal ban on marijuana. The former chief marketing officer for Anheuser-Busch In... (2017)


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Cursive Handwriting and Other Education Myths

Issue 40: Learning - Nautilus, 2016: "Teaching cursive handwriting doesn’t have nearly the value we think it does. To me this symbolizes all th... (2017)


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The end of the housing supply debate (maybe)

The City Observatory is a study of modern-day cities and urban development practices. Slowly, the rhetorical battle is being won, as affordable ho... (2017)


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IRS Cracks Down on Coinbase Users -

2017: "With the quickly growing cryptocurrency industry, the IRS is demanding to see the records of thousands of Coinbase users. Cryptocurrency h... (2017)


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Ethical issues in research using datasets of illicit origin

paper “Ethical issues in research using datasets of illicit origin” by Daniel R. Thomas, Sergio Pastrana, Alice Hutchings, Richard Clayton, and Ala... (2017)


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University of Chicago: 'We Do Not Support Trigger Warnings'

Time Magazine, 2016: "The school believes they prevent the 'free exchange of ideas' In a letter, the incoming class at the University of Chicag... (2017)


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What is consciousness, and could machines have it?

Science, 2017: “The controversial question of whether machines may ever be conscious must be based on a careful consideration of how consciousness... (2017)


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Would Repealing the Jones Act Help Puerto Rico?

New York Times, 2017: “More than a month after Hurricane Maria devastated the American territory, a heated debate continues over a century-old shi... (2017)


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After Universal Basic Income, The Flood

"What if we implement UBI and it makes everything worse?...Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a l... (2017)


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University of Chicago Graduate Students Vote to Unionize

University of Chicago graduate students have voted to unionize by an overwhelming margin...A pro-unionization graduate student described how she vi... (2017)


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The Corrosion of High School Debate—And How It Mirrors American Politics

300 Words a Minute, and Going Nowhere: High School Debate Today. "The world of high school debate is often portrayed as a refuge of the budding br... (2017)


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Opinion | The Dying Art of Disagreement

New York Times, 2017: “Today’s clashes may hoarsen our voices, but they rarely sharpen our thinking, much less change our minds. (2017)


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Free speech debate. Britain’s police are restricting speech in worrying ways

Muddled laws give them wide discretion | Britain (2025)


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Europeans are becoming less free to say what they think

Free speech debate in Europe and the DSA Digital Services Act. It’s becoming dangerous to anger minority groups and politicians | Europe (2025)


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The New Leftist Latin America - Colombia

A visit to Colombia underlines the rise of the new Left in Latin America, and a host of new worries for the region. Francis Fukuyama's latest. (2023)


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Cognitive Distortions - culture wars and Wikipedia

How the culture wars came for Wikipedia’s articles about human intelligence. (2022)


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The Four Quadrants of Conformism - Paul Graham essay

The Four Quadrants of Conformism - Paul Graham essay July 2020 One of the most revealing ways to classify people is by the degree and aggress... (2022)


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Oxford Invited an AI to Debate Its Own Ethics—What It Said Was Startling

Nvidia's Megatron AI recently took the floor at the celebrated Oxford Union to debate whether AI can ever be ethical. (2021)


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Debate 101 with Harvard’s former debate coach Bo Seo

Bo Seo, a two-time debate world champion, gives three tips for constructing the perfect argument. (2023)


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Ethiopia, Egypt and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War

Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War (2023)


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Genetic Selection is Happening Already. Here's How it Works.

Genetic Selection is Happening Already. Here's How it Works. (2023)


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Warren’s Wealth Tax, reviewed - “A better way to tax the rich” - VOX

American wealth inequality is staggering. A wealth tax, which would hone in on the money people actually have, rather than just the money we earn a... (2019)


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TED-Ed: How does fracking work? - Mia Nacamulli

Deep underground lie stores of once-inaccessible natural gas. There’s a tech... (2019)


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Millions protest genetically modified food - 2013 - CNN

Jake Tapper reports on the controversy that surrounds GMOs and one of the companies that makes them. For more CNN videos, visit our site ... (2019)


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Europe's new approach to GMOs

Long divided over GMOs - are they a threat or an opportunity? - the EU has now found a way forward. (2019)


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Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR

Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly be... (2019)


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Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded? Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): https://w... (2019)


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What's wrong with our food system | Birke Baehr | TEDxNext Generation Asheville

Birke Baehr -"what's Wrong With Our Food System? And How Can We Make A Difference. Video by: Twin Path Productions www.... (2019)


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Should there be curbs on free speech? | The Economist

Free speech is at the heart of a healthy democracy, but in recent years it has come under attack. Controversial views are being silenced to protect... (2018)


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Statehood: It's Complicated | The Great American* Puerto Rico Part 8

Puerto Rico's current relationship to the United States is as complicated as its past relationship with the United States. Produced by Paul Myers w... (2018)


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Basic income, explained

Vox, Published on Nov 14, 2014 We know how to end poverty. So why don't we? Read more about the simplest plan to end poverty, a universal basic ... (2018)


Podcast

Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech - Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify. Greg Lukianoff is a free speech advocate, first-amendment attorney, president of FIRE -... (2024)


Podcast

Contact tracing: So promising. So invasive. - Should This Exist? - Podcast

Listen to this episode from Should This Exist? on Spotify. It’s one of the best weapons we have to contain a pandemic. But can it defe... (2020)


Podcast

At a Time of Campus Polarization, Can ‘Viewpoint Diversity’ Efforts Help? | EdSurge News

There’s a growing call for diversity on campus. And it’s not all about demographics—there’s a new push toward making classrooms inviting to a diver... (2019)


Podcast

YouTube and the End of Friction | Exponent

Ben and James discuss the question of YouTube, why it’s similar and different from Facebook, and why engagement is both alluring and a potential pr... (2019)


Book

Google (PDF) - Perspectives on Issues in AI Governance (2019)

This paper highlights what Google considers to be some of the critical current questions in the debate on AI governance. We hope it is useful as a ... (2019)


Website

Free Speech Rankings - universities USA - College Pulse, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

College Pulse, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and RealClearEducation have released the first ever College Free Speech Rankings, a c... (2021)


Website

Ethical OS Toolkit

Ethical OS Toolkit As technologists, it’s only natural that we spend most of our time focusing on how our tech will change the world for the better... (2018)


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13 Videos
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