[카테고리:] Culture
A Belief in Meritocracy is Not Only False Its Bad For You
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; Unsplash; Wikipedia “We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else …” — Barack Obama, inaugural address, 2013…
In Netflixs Squid Game, Capitalism Takes Centre Stage
Squid Game Squid Game, an original Netflix drama produced in South Korea, is a streaming phenomenon. Released on 17 September, within two weeks the series has become the most watched Netflix title in 76 countries, including the US, Australia and…
Teaching Grit is Bad for Children and Bad for Democracy
New Politic According to the grit narrative, British children are lazy, entitled and unprepared to compete in the global economy. Schools have contributed to the problem by neglecting socio-emotional skills. The solution, then, is for schools to impart the dispositions…
Diversity Built Britain 50p Coin How Much is it Worth?
Rishi Sunak holding the Diversity Built Britain 50p coin piece released by The Royal Mint to recognise and celebrate diversity in Britain / HM Treasury What is the background to the Diversity Built 50p Coin? The Diversity Built Britain 50p…
The Age of Fakes
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; Avery Evans, Unsplash; Jason Leung, Unsplash; It is another evening in lockdown and you decide to absentmindedly browse the web for things you do not urgently need but find some joy in purchasing. You flippantly press…
TikTok Videos May be Changing the Human Brain
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; New Politic I must admit, when I first heard about TikTok I thought the app was for children. Hundreds of lip-syncing videos, alongside dances and make-up tutorials were enough to turn away my attention. But by…
Britain Needs Universal Basic Income
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; New Politic Work has become the defining feature of our lives. Before the pandemic, “work-life balance” dominated the workplace. The debates for and against a four-day week, minimum wages, zero-hour contracts and flexible working shaped public…
Eating People is Wrong — but its also Widespread and Sacred
Cannibalism is not uncommon. Humans have long enshrined the consumption of human flesh in sacred ritual — not just a few times, but again and again, in almost every corner of the globe. Evidence for cannibalistic practices has been found…
Enlightenment Wasnt the Age of Reason
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; New Politic On either side of the Atlantic, groups of public intellectuals have issued a call to arms. The besieged citadel in need of defending, they say, is the one that safeguards science, facts and evidence-based…
Its Time to Return Looted Art
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar / New Politic Museums with colonial-era collections have always known about the brutal parts of their biographies. But, through acts of purification via historical distance, they have chosen to ignore them. Museum directors now have to…