The next president should be selected by lottery. It could be you
Unthinkable: In an era when crooks and despots cling to power at all costs, Ireland could model a different type of democracy by picking a president at random
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Unthinkable: In an era when crooks and despots cling to power at all costs, Ireland could model a different type of democracy by picking a president at random
Unthinkable: If you’re feeling overwhelmed and longing for real meaning, Viktor Frankl may be able to help. And if not, Albert Camus might have the answer
Unthinkable: To create a shared future on this island, and internationally, we must move beyond uncritically celebrating the actions of any particular tribe
Self-help books spoon-feed us ‘lessons for life’. But are we inspired to ask better questions?
Unthinkable: Moral superiority in Ireland over ‘populist’ uprisings in the US and UK ignores how we’ve become slaves to global capital
Unthinkable: Hope is not a strategy when it comes to tackling urgent challenges like climate change
Unthinkable: We should think more about the consequences of actions and less about perceived character flaws in others
Unthinkable: Socrates said immorality is the result of ignorance - Trump is proof of that
Unthinkable: Various philosophers advocate ‘attaining a deep awareness of death’s possibility at any moment’
Unthinkable: There may be lessons from Northern Ireland in responding to the horrors of the Middle East
Unthinkable: Ireland has been transformed economically, but the sense that everything could go pear-shaped overnight remains
Unthinkable: Philosopher David Berman claims to have unearthed ‘evidence’ for believing in an afterlife
Unthinkable: Psychoanalysis suggests each one of us has a ‘death drive’, calling us to self-destruction
Unthinkable: As technology advances, the risk of drawing over-simplistic conclusions from statistics will grow
TikTok star Garron Noone has proved his own thesis correct – it’s impossible to say anything ‘useful’ on social media
Unthinkable: How fair are the State exams if some students can buy an advantage in the form of specialised tuition?
Unthinkable: Asking whether we have lost something from our lapsed Catholicism is not about rushing back to the past. It’s about facing the future with greater self-awareness
Unthinkable: Donald Trump is on a crusade to unwind the ‘woke’ agenda, but that does not mean the question of inclusivity is solved
Unthinkable: Three steps for decluttering your mind
You don’t need to be a feminist to take issue with the stranglehold of the wellness industry
Unthinkable: Ireland should talk more about Jesus – and I say that as an atheist
Unthinkable: Meta’s stance on fact-checking resembles a philosophical position known as ‘epistemological anarchy’
Unthinkable: Irish economic policy was once framed as ‘Boston or Berlin’ – our options today are much starker
Unthinkable: Preserving only that which is joyful is philosophically problematic
Children are led to believe ‘that their worth is tied to proving that they are exceptional’
Unthinkable: The ideas of Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein on language and reality surface in Intermezzo, and the relationship between the two philosophers mirrors that of Rooney’s two principal characters, brothers Peter and Ivan
Unthinkable: For the seasan that’s in it, we’ve gone for a philosophical Christmas carol
Unthinkable: English philosopher and author Simon Critchley suggests we can learn to enjoy ‘idiot glee’ from medieval Christianity
Unthinkable: Was the general election a victory for ‘grown ups’ or a defeat for idealism?
Unthinkable: Regulating generative AI is important in its own right, but it’s also a dummy run for the existential threat of artificial general intelligence. This will go beyond mimicking human intelligence to conquering it
Unthinkable: In the case of voting, the critical question is not the “mom litmus test” but the “child, or future citizen, litmus test”
Unthinkable: Looking for the meaning of life? You may be sitting on the answer
Unthinkable: Ahead of International Men’s Day, it’s clear many young men are not in a happy place
The best way to stay sane this week is, as Marcus Aurelius recommended, to extend more generosity to other people’s crazy
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