How existential philosophy can help you to cope with anguish: Automat by Edward Hopper (1927). Des Moines Art Center “Am I with the right person?” Most of us have probably asked ourselves this question at least once in our life. I certainly have. To help you out, your friends might ask: “Well, do you love …
Existential crisis: how long COVID patients helped us understand what it’s like to lose all sense of identity and purpose in life: Celiafoto/Shutterstock Lucy* used to be known fondly as the “iron lady” by colleagues at work. In her mid-50s and still the main breadwinner for her family, she had always thought of herself as …
South Africa in the news: Zimbabwe faces an ‘existential crisis’ like never before, says former finance minister Tendai Biti: Corruption has plunged the country into its deepest and most dangerous crisis yet, says Biti. This comes after he and others in the region researched and wrote reports exposing how the state has been …: “South …
Earth’s existential threats: inequality, pandemics and climate change demand global leadership: Future of the planet is in our hands. PopTika/Nasa Asked in 2003, the UK’s astronomer royal, Martin Rees, gave our present society 50/50 odds of lasting until the end of the century. It’s fair to say the odds haven’t improved in the years since …
Will humans go extinct? For all the existential threats, we’ll likely be here for a very long time: RomanRaD/Shutterstock Will our species go extinct? The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all species that ever lived, over 99.9%, are extinct. Some left descendants. Most – plesiosaurs, trilobites, Brontosaurus …
The existential case for ditching Alexa and other AI: Robert Couse-Baker/Flickr, CC BY-SA Alexa’s creepy laugh is far from the most worrying thing about her. This is despite the fact that Amazon’s digital assistant – which allows users to access the internet and control personal organisation tools simply by speaking to the device – has …