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If Personal Information Was an Asset, Would You Sell Yours?

Julia Inselseth (Law LLB, 2nd Year) discusses the notion of data harvesting in a post-Cambridge Analytica world. The phrase scientia potentia est (“knowledge is power”) is gaining a new meaning in the age of Big Technology. In a market where some of the most valuable and powerful companies are technological ones (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple,Continue reading “If Personal Information Was an Asset, Would You Sell Yours?”

‘Music is the language of emotions’: A Darwinian Argument for Expressionism

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I see my life in terms of music.” – Albert Einstein How does music provide us with pleasure? The whole process seems to be very mysterious in and of itself. In a sense, a cluster of wavelengths roamsContinue reading “‘Music is the language of emotions’: A Darwinian Argument for Expressionism”

The Ethical Limits of Gene-Editing

Julia Inselseth (Law LLB, 2nd Year) discusses the notion of free market eugenics in the age of CRISPR technology. The discovery of the CRISPR system has the potential to revolutionise medicine, giving humanity a tool capable of ‘editing out’ diseases from future generations of humans, animals, insects, plants and crops. However, this technology is surroundedContinue reading “The Ethical Limits of Gene-Editing”

The Form of the Dialogue

This article is part of our new ‘one-to-watch’ blog series, where we showcase articles written by school students who hope to attend Warwick University:Ishmael Levy (Year 12), a prospective Warwick student, from Merchant Taylors’ School Northwood, gives an erudite analysis of the Platonic dialogues. Introduction For as long as they have held writers’ interests, theContinue reading “The Form of the Dialogue”

Pipping Philosophy to the Post – Preparation for Pressure

‘Twas the night before the exams, when all through the flat,Not a creature was stirring, not even Rolf the cat;The bags were packed by the doors with care,In hopes that the holidays would soon be there;The students were hidden all tight in their beds;While visions of failing and resits were in their heads… Every student,Continue reading “Pipping Philosophy to the Post – Preparation for Pressure”