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Word of the Month: Xenophobia
Fear and violence ran rampant in the streets of Amsterdam last week. Where do these feelings come from, and how do they lead to violence?
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VOX Film Night | Ishtar 1987
Ishtar is a 1987 American adventure comedy film written and directed by Elaine May, and produced by Warren Beatty, who co-stars opposite Dustin Hoffman. The story revolves around a duo of talentless American songwriters who travel to a booking in Morocco and stumble into a four-party Cold War standoff.
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Existential Tuesday: Can We Live Without Private Space?
Could communal living be the answer to the housing crisis, the (elderly) care crisis, and the loneliness and mental health crises? Or are we too used to having our own space and our own stuff?
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VOX Book Club: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Join us in reading and discussing Nobel-prize winning author Olga Tokarczuk’s mystery novel.
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The Writing Huddle | Post-human Personas
In this creative writing workshop, we will imagine post-human characters by connecting to the creatures of the exhibition Arcadian Dreams.
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VOX Film Night | The Last Movie (1971)
The Last Movie is a 1971 metafictional drama film directed by Dennis Hopper, who also stars as a horse wrangler named after the state of Kansas. It is written by Stewart Stern, based on a story by Hopper and Stern, and stars an extensive supporting cast including Stella Garcia, Don Gordon, Peter Fonda, Julie Adams, Sylvia Miles, Samuel Fuller, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Tomas Milian, Toni Basil, Severn Darden, Henry Jaglom, Rod Cameron, Kris Kristofferson and Michelle Phillips.
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Why do we feel so alone? A reflection on grief through Saint Augustine
If you are looking for hard-earned lessons, look no further. I want to delve into Augustine’s meditations on grief.
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Moral Ambition: How Badly do you want to do Good?
How do you do good in the complex modern world? And why? Challenge your perspective on what it truly means to do good!
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Moral Ambition: How Badly do you want to do Good?
How do you do good in the complex modern world? And why? Challenge your perspective on what it truly means to do good!
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Van Leeuwenhoeklezing: Delft aan zee? Hoe Nederland verandert door klimaatverandering
Dat het klimaat verandert is inmiddels bekend, maar wist u dat Nederland er daardoor heel anders uit zal gaan zien?
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SG Café Filosofie | Het buikgevoel: over het niet-rationele weten
De menselijke ervaring bestaat uit meer dan logica en rationele kennis. Welke plek hebben emoties, intuïtie of het weten van het lichaam in het wetenschappelijke debat? Welke waarde hebben deze ongrijpbare vormen van kennis voor de samenleving? En hoe zetten we ze gegrond in?
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Why do we feel so alone? A reflection on grief through Saint Augustine
If you are looking for hard-earned lessons, look no further. I want to delve into Augustine’s meditations on grief.
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Why would I say “Thank you” to ChatGPT?
I am the kind of person who still says “thank you” to ChatGPT after completing a task. Perhaps this is a “boomer” thing, but I wonder why I do it. I can’t help but view an entity with which I can have reasonably meaningful conversations as a “someone” with inner awareness or consciousness—in short, I don’t want to hurt its feelings.
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