IB DP Theory of knowledge class
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
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Human sciences: The alternate universe in which Tottenham are top
The arts: What George Orwell could teach us about Israel and Palestine
The arts: Let’s pause for breath and consider our shared humanity
Technology: Sci-fi writer Ted Chiang: - The machines we have now are not conscious’
Natural sciences: Gillian Anderson wants us to find her G Spot
The arts: Ways of seeing, ways of knowing
History: On Savage Shores — overturning Columbus’s ‘discovery’ narrative
The arts, History — Simon Schama: art versus the tyrants
The arts, History: Growing list of books targeted in America’s school culture wars
Natural sciences, Mathematics: ‘Magic numbers’ are clouding the climate debate
Language, History: Ryanair forces South African customers to prove ID with Afrikaans test
The arts, History: Balenciaga’s trashed trainers tap into fashion controversy
The arts, History: Where are the black people in Old Master paintings?
Natural and human sciences: The race to curb global warming
Technology: David Chalmers — ‘We are the gods of the virtual worlds we create’
Human sciences: Graphics of the year — making sense of 2021
Technology: Workers demand gig economy companies explain their algorithms
Human sciences: Climate change could bring near-unliveable conditions for 3bn people, say scientists
Natural sciences: Covid revealed what science can do when funding is found
Natural sciences: Fires and floods: can science link extreme weather to climate change?
Human sciences: We must face facts — even the ones we don’t like
Knowledge & the knower: Mr Spock is not as logical as he’d like to think
Human sciences: Daniel Kahneman: ‘Everything I’ve done has been collaborative’
The arts: What makes an iconic painting? The National Gallery’s top 12 works
Human sciences: Yuval Noah Harari: Lessons from a year of Covid
Natural & human sciences: Brazil’s vaccination hindered by bottlenecks and a sceptical leader
History: The backlash against colonialism holds lessons in guilt and gratitude
Language: Year in a word: Cancelled
Natural sciences: What we have learnt about the limits of science
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