Can we really relate to robots, care for them, or even love them? And could they love us back?
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For Love of the World | Wrap-up session with Wouter van Noort
Can we write a new story for our world? One where we live in harmony with nature, treat each other equitably and use our knowledge and technology democratically?
For Love of the World | Elisa Giaccardi: More than human
Design, while intended for positive transformation, wrestles with the unintended consequences of issues like climate change, resource depletion, and surveillance capitalism. But what if design is part of the problem?
For Love of the World | Andreas Weber: Ecosystems are love stories
Love is an answer to the lack that lies at the heart of aliveness, but it does not compensate for that lack—it transforms it.
For Love of the World | Heinrich Päs: The One
While watching the night sky over the Atacama Desert, Heinrich Päs experienced how Nature works as a “net-like intricate fabric” to which we all belong.
Protests, Slogans, and Free Speech on Campus
SG hosts a lecture and discussion that reflects on the pro-Palestinian protests on campus: the context and history behind the slogans that are used, the demands that are made, and their social impact.
Existential Tuesday: Is society rigged against you?
Is this generation at a disadvantage because of economic policies from the past? Housing, inflation, cost of living, technological unemployment… Ponder your economic future and the obstacles you might face.
POSTPONED: Free the Press! University News and their Institutions
Student papers, or more broadly, university news platforms, are supposed to enrich student life and provide a critical perspective on the institution. But what happens when that critical reporting itself becomes national news? Suddenly, the very purpose of journalism on campus gets called into question.
VOX Discussion: Science and Ideology
Is science as practiced at our institutions really free from influence by ideology? Is it carried out objectively in the modern day, and was it ever?
Existential Tuesday: (How) Do you know what you really want in life?
Are you driven by desire, or by circumstance? Knowing what you really want in life is deeply personal, but today we’re going to make it philosophical too.