VOX Discussion Night: Can we give peace a change?

Is peace just an absence of war, or is it a way of life? How can we learn to live peacefully? Some have theorized that peacefulness is a virtue, like courage or open-mindedness. Others think peace does not have a chance in a world where war is always a viable strategy.

VOX Discussion Night: Do you believe in Monsters?

Do you believe in monsters? Perhaps in our disenchanted age the category seems archaic. We no longer fear vampires, ghouls, or dragons. What about serial killers, predators, war criminals, and those that we often call monstrous?

VOX Discussion Night: What is TU Delft?

TU Delft is composed of tens of thousands of people, academic staff, administrative staff, technical, facilities, and maintenance workers, not to mention students, visiting researchers, and the birds outside Alma. But what is TU Delft?

VOX Discussion Night: How we spend our free time?

Having fun, zoning out, seeking thrills, admiring beautiful things, learning, festivity, exercise, and Netflix are all contenders for ways to spend our free time. Sometimes we do a few at once. There’s hundreds of ways to spend our free time, but are some better than others?

VOX Discussion Night: Silicon Valley Against Democracy

Silicon Valley was not just a place, but it had its own ideologies, and they echo today in the halls of power, shaping the thoughts and decisions of policy makers. How much of our world is beholden to the views of figures like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk? How safe are democratic institutions?

VOX Discussion Night: How to Design a better Society?

Why are the world’s biggest problems so hard to solve?
The shirt you wear right now was made by a child in a faraway country that was not paid fairly for their work. The phone in your pocket cannot be recycled and is barely repairable. Our planet keeps heating up with no end in sight.

Is the campus designed for protest?

What is a campus for in the first place. Is it a public space, and if so, is it a safe environment to shape your opinion on collective matters in society or in the university and student life? Should it be? And how do we design it so that everyone feels invited to make use of it?

VOX Discussion Night: Hot Takes

*note: the date for this event has changed* We all have opinions. Hot takes even. What can you convince an audience of in under 10 minutes? What could you be convinced of yourself? Join us for an evening of polemic and persuasion. Each speaker, armed with only a powerpoint and their passion will try to convince the audience of something perhaps unconventional.