~aeon | Bookmarks (108)
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A close-up look at electronic paper reveals its exquisite patterns – and limitations | Aeon Videos
‘Like colour-changing styrofoam’: a close-up look at electronic paper shows why it’s still a pale imitation...
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A stepfamily can rebuild over fault lines of failure and loss | Aeon Essays
After my marriage failed, I strove to create a new family – one made beautiful by...
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West Africa was once an architectural laboratory. Is it time for a revival? | Aeon Videos
When Bauhaus came to West Africa – Tropical Modernist architecture as a response to the spirit...
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Biology is not as hierarchical as most textbooks paint it | Aeon Essays
Scientific narratives project social hierarchies onto nature. That’s why we need better metaphors to describe cellular...
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A Swedish expat in the Philippines wonders: what’s up with people sleeping at work? | Aeon Videos
Is a bit of shuteye on the job really such a big deal? A Swedish expat...
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The terror of reality was the true horror for H P Lovecraft | Aeon Essays
H P Lovecraft, the master of cosmic horror stories, was a philosopher who believed in the...
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How to reduce the ethical dangers of AI-assisted farming | Aeon Essays
AI could lead to new ways for people to abuse animals for financial gain. That’s why...
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The unique life philosophy of Abdi, born in Somalia, living in the Netherlands | Aeon Videos
Born of two worlds – his native Somalia and his adoptive Netherlands – life is a...
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My grandfather Paul Tillich, the unbelieving theologian | Aeon Essays
Paul Tillich was a religious socialist and a profoundly subtle theologian who placed doubt at the...
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What’s this buzz about bees having culture? Inside a groundbreaking experiment | Aeon Videos
We’re not the only animals that can learn complex, problem-solving behaviours from each other – bumblebees...
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How Russia is putting the ancient Scythians to war in Ukraine | Aeon Essays
How the ancient warrior people of the steppes have found themselves on the cultural frontlines of...
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The only man permitted in Bhutan’s sacred mountains chronicles humanity’s impact | Aeon Videos
A lone glaciologist performs spiritual and scientific rituals to assess humanity’s impact in Bhutan’s sacred mountains...
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Why the emotional labour of hospital staff is dirty work | Aeon Essays
In caring for and bearing with human suffering, hospital staff perform extreme emotional labour. Is there...
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Pioneering sociologist Erving Goffman saw magic in the mundane | Aeon Essays
Pioneering sociologist Erving Goffman realised that every action is deeply revealing of the social norms by...
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The Indian astronomer whose innovative work on black holes was mocked at Cambridge | Aeon Videos
When scientific pursuits are subject to human shortcomings: the Indian scientist made to wait 50 years...
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The woman behind Strindberg’s Miss Julie and her male alter ego | Aeon Essays
Victoria Benedictsson assumed a male identity, achieved literary stardom, and took her own life. Then Strindberg...
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‘If you’re creative, why can’t you create a solution?’ One artist’s imaginative activism | Aeon Videos
How Rick Lowe transformed the idea of ‘art as an object’ into ‘art as a process’...
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Only the deep past can make sense of terrifying nuclear futures | Aeon Essays
To understand the terrifying futures unleashed by nuclear weapons, we urgently need to return to the...
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An ancient Roman’s hilarious (and perhaps relatable) response to a social snub | Aeon Videos
‘You prefer to dine at some nobody’s house!’ How an ancient Roman responded to the deep...
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Why governments and business like to offload risk to individuals | Aeon Essays
Under the guise of empowerment and freedom, politicians and business are offloading lifethreatening risk to individuals...
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Machiavelli on the problem of our impure beginnings | Aeon Essays
Niccolò Machiavelli’s profound insights about the violent origins of political societies help us understand the world...
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For Iris Murdoch, selfishness is a fault that can be solved by reframing the world | Aeon Videos
Selfishness is an enduring part of the human condition. For Iris Murdoch, the antidote is to...
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A hunter’s lyrical reflection on the humbling business of being mortal | Aeon Videos
‘We’re both caught up in the music’: A hunter tries to understand his place in the...
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The hunter-gatherers of the 21st century who live on the move | Aeon Essays
Why do hunter-gatherers refuse to be sedentary? New answers are emerging from the depths of the...