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Why the Left must take human evolution seriously.

Patrick Whittle

18 Feb 2024 · 22 min read

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Are Board Gender Quotas a Good Idea?

The more we try to limit freedom in the interests of desirable social change, the less effective we will be in the long run, and the greater the number of additional problems we create.

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Corporate Cancellations

Josh Bornstein appears to view the world as a good Left/bad Right binary. This assumption limits both his diagnosis of the problem and the creativity of his solutions.

Holly Lawford-Smith

8 Dec 2024 · 9 min read

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Hatred and Indifference in Modern Australia

Examining Australia’s leadership vacuum in the wake of the Melbourne synagogue firebombing.

Claire Lehmann

8 Dec 2024 · 5 min read

Podcast #262: Interintellect and the Modern-Day Salon

Podcast #262: Interintellect and the Modern-Day Salon

Iona Italia talks to globetrotter and intellectual magpie Anna Gat about her modern-day salon, Interintellect.

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The Recline of the West

Since the 18th century, the very process of innovation was uniquely institutionalised in the West. That is now precisely what is being globalised.

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