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Rationality takes a big hit in the Imane Khelif debate

Aug 17

Rationality takes a big hit in the Imane Khelif debate

Aug 17

Hugo Newman

The Revival of the Author: AI, Barthes and the Hollowness of Authorless Art

Last year, shortly after the launch of ChatGPT 4, my brother sent me the above screenshot: GPT 4's best impression of Leonard Cohen’s…

Jun 9

The Revival of the Author: AI, Barthes and the Hollowness of Authorless Art

Jun 9

Hugo Newman

A Critique of Wokeness: Definable, and Indefensible

I tend to recoil at casual mention of the word “woke”. In part, that’s a function of the fact that it has been so liberally misused by…

Mar 4, 2023

A Critique of Wokeness: Definable, and Indefensible

Mar 4, 2023

Hugo Newman

A 2 Year Retrospective on the Greatest Peacetime Political Misstep in the Modern History of the…

I want you to run a quick thought experiment. Imagine yourself as you were 4 years ago. It’s 2018, and we’re coming into the winter months…

Oct 9, 2022

A 2 Year Retrospective on the Greatest Peacetime Political Misstep in the Modern History of the…

Oct 9, 2022

Hugo Newman

The Abortion Debate is a Mess

Of all the conversation topics that’s liable to provoke rage within the first few sentences, abortion has to be at least in the top three…

Jul 2, 2022

The Abortion Debate is a Mess

Jul 2, 2022

Hugo Newman

Why everyone’s wrong about Twitter and Elon Musk

1. Twitter is not a “digital public square”. Please stop saying that, whether you’re on the left or on the right. It’s a private online…

Apr 26, 2022

Why everyone’s wrong about Twitter and Elon Musk

Apr 26, 2022

Hugo Newman

Towards a New, Radical Political Centre: Part 1

Much has been made recently of the need to fortify something like a “new centre” as a corrective to the unsavory excesses of both right…

Aug 25, 2020

Towards a New, Radical Political Centre: Part 1

Aug 25, 2020

Hugo Newman

BLM’s Kafkatrap Problem

I think enough time has passed now to be able to speak frankly and reflect soberly on some of the recent events surrounding the BLM…

Jul 25, 2020

BLM’s Kafkatrap Problem

Jul 25, 2020

Hugo Newman

An Exit Strategy for COVID-19

In recent weeks the governments of many major European nations have been converging towards short-term social and economic lockdowns as a…

Apr 2, 2020

An Exit Strategy for COVID-19

Apr 2, 2020

Hugo Newman

I couldn’t find any “climate crisis” in the IPCC’s most recent Assessment Report

The public rhetoric surrounding climate change has reached fever pitch in recent months. The rise to prominence of the impressive young…

Jun 5, 2019

I couldn’t find any “climate crisis” in the IPCC’s most recent Assessment Report

Jun 5, 2019

Hugo Newman

Hugo Newman

I hold a PhD in Political Theory from University College Dublin. I'm the founder of The Critical Thinking Project.

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