Festival of Dangerous Ideas

Anyone concerned with the importance of liberty and autonomy ought to be alarmed because we are turning into subscription slaves.

Lauren Rosewarne says the danger of trigger warnings is that they provide an audience an all too-easy opportunity to opt-out.

In order to combat deception in our digital future, we need AI to be as deceptive as we are. Toby Walsh writes.

Is the PcW tax scandal the tip of the corporate led inequality iceberg? Carl Rhodes writes.

Is our collective urge to conform being commodified? Writer Sarah Wilson uncovers the complex relationship between capitalism & conformity.

Typically, discussions of sexual violence are clouded with shame. Is our understanding of it the key to creating a world without rape?

How should we understand America’s paradox of decadence and decline? Philosopher Anna Goodman writes.

AI is threatening to put artists out of work. But the greatest threat to art isn’t AI, it’s capitalism. And AI could be the remedy.

Can we resist the inevitable drift towards automation, surveillance and passivity? Nick Jarvis writes.

How do we begin to make sense of communities which seem to either fear or revere their elected leaders? Georgia Fagan writes.

What are the dangers when it comes to engaging with unfamiliar cultural materials? Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky writes.

No consultation and it’s permanent. Joe Earp writes on twelve strangers tethered together by the ink on their skin.

From crime, culture, contempt and change — here are 5 things we learnt from this year’s festival.

10 reads from this year’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas line-up to sharpen your mind and help you stay ahead of the discussion.

After a two-year hiatus, the Festival of Dangerous Ideas (FODI), is returning live and unfiltered to Sydney from 17–18 September at…

We’re hurtling into a new age where the notion of knowledge has become muddied & distorted. So which rabbit hole is the right one to click?

Anyone can enlist to fight a war online. But while there can be honour in being a cyber-warrior, there’s none in being…

Women’s dismissal before being asked about their experiences after the vaccine is an indictment into how far we haven’t come. By Lucy…

Deepfake technology is on the rise — but imitation or identity theft isn’t entirely new. Mehhma Mali digs deeper.

Writer Van Badham discusses how her experience of being trolled, led her to stumble into the depths of conspiracy theory group, QAnon.

Stay ahead of the discussion with the year’s most dangerous reads.

Is being born harmful? Writer Joseph Earp interviews David Benatar, who believes non-existence is preferable to existence.

Bryan Mukandi believes we have fetishised the COVID-19 vaccine.

A new philosophy journal offers authors the controversial option of publishing under a pseudonym.