The seduction of AI
ChatGPT: a conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel good. I am going to come clean. I am an enthusiastic user of artificial intelligence (AI) or at …
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Are students economical with the verity?
Henry Leveson-Gower reviews results from a recent report that tells how cues from mainstream authority sway economics students even at postgraduate level. Walk into any economics department and you will …
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The EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Food Systems, a key international authority, published its latest report in October 2025. Its conclusions were damning: “More than half of the world’s …
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Taking the die out of diet
Henry Leveson-Gower and Dil Green map potential paths to escape the tyranny of Big Food. The modern food system delivers cheap calories at scale, but at the cost of health, …
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Time to go clubbing
The Mint editor, Henry Leveson-Gower, describes how joining the club could raise the tempo of environmental regeneration. Earlier this year, a group of farmers who had formed under the banner …
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On 7th December 1972, Harrison Schmitt took an image of the Earth from Apollo 17 on its way to the Moon that has become one of the most reproduced images …
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In a White House Rose Garden address on April 2, 2025, Trump declared that April 2 was “Liberation Day”, describing the announcement as “one of the most important days in American …
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Days of future passed
Currently, everyday events are unfolding that are likely to play a significant role in future histories. The USA is no longer a dependable European ally, at best; the US government …
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Merry morality
It is that time of year. We are not a religious family, yet we attended our local church’s atmospheric Christmas Eve midnight mass, complete with candles and carols, as many …
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Some readers might find these upsetting
Henry Leveson-Gower examines two texts that explain how neoliberal thinking and human frailty brought us to where we are. Richard Seymour, Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization, Verso 2024 …
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