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Returning to Carriageworks, Sydney on 24–25 August 2024. Presented by The Ethics Centre 🔥

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Apparently we’re at about 73 democracies now (down from 120 countries at the peak). A fascinating conversation - some people talk about ideas, some events, and others about people. Today it’s mostly about ideas. ⁦Festival of Dangerous Ideas⁩ ⁦Past Present Future Podcast⁩ ⁦Carriageworks⁩ @unsw

Apparently we’re at about 73 democracies now (down from 120 countries at the peak). A fascinating conversation - some people talk about ideas, some events, and others about people. Today it’s mostly about ideas. ⁦<a href="/FestOfDanger/">Festival of Dangerous Ideas</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/PPFIdeas/">Past Present Future Podcast</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/Carriageworks/">Carriageworks</a>⁩ @unsw
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Is the price of democracy too steep? m. gessen, Paul Ham, David Runciman of Past Present Future Podcast and journalist Geraldine Doogue examine our current era of political turmoil at #FODI 🔥 Catch up with on demand tickets, now streaming at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/democr…

Is the price of democracy too steep? 

<a href="/mashagessen/">m. gessen</a>, Paul Ham, David Runciman of <a href="/PPFIdeas/">Past Present Future Podcast</a> and journalist <a href="/GeraldineDoogue/">Geraldine Doogue</a> examine our current era of political turmoil at #FODI 🔥

Catch up with on demand tickets, now streaming at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/democr…
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Will you join the Circle of Chairs? Walk in + unpack today's moral dilemmas alongside your fellow Festival goers + a philosopher. Presented by ethics_centre and supported by @joblink_plus 🔥 Spots available on the door – Next sessions at 3:45pm and 5:45pm this afternoon! #FODI

Will you join the Circle of Chairs? Walk in + unpack today's moral dilemmas alongside your fellow Festival goers + a philosopher. Presented by ethics_centre and supported by @joblink_plus 🔥 

Spots available on the door – Next sessions at 3:45pm and 5:45pm this afternoon! #FODI
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Has the West been asleep at the wheel? US-based academic saree makdisi سريّ المقدسي argues that Europe and America, in particular, are complicit in a historic wrong. Catch up with on demand tickets, now at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/tolera… #FODI

Has the West been asleep at the wheel? US-based academic <a href="/sareemakdisi/">saree makdisi سريّ المقدسي</a> argues that Europe and America, in particular, are complicit in a historic wrong.

Catch up with on demand tickets, now at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/tolera… #FODI
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In a world where public shaming often dominates the conversation, comedian and writer David Baddiel roxane gay Andy Mills Megan Phelps-Roper and @ockhamsbeard unpack what public forgiveness looks like. Catch up with on demand tickets at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/uncanc… #FODI

In a world where public shaming often dominates the conversation, comedian and writer <a href="/Baddiel/">David Baddiel</a> <a href="/rgay/">roxane gay</a> Andy Mills <a href="/meganphelps/">Megan Phelps-Roper</a> and @ockhamsbeard unpack what public forgiveness looks like. 

Catch up with on demand tickets at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/uncanc… #FODI
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UK author David Baddiel is joined in conversation by The Ethics Centre's Simon Longstaff to present the inaugural John Caldon Provocation at Carriageworks Sydney for #FODI 2024🔥 Missed out on The God Desire in person? Catch up with on demand tickets at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/the-go…

UK author <a href="/Baddiel/">David Baddiel</a> is joined in conversation by <a href="/ethics_centre/">The Ethics Centre</a>'s <a href="/SimonLongstaff/">Simon Longstaff</a> to present the inaugural John Caldon Provocation at <a href="/Carriageworks/">Carriageworks</a> Sydney for #FODI 2024🔥

Missed out on The God Desire in person? Catch up with on demand tickets at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/the-go…
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Multitudes of moral dilemmas, bodacious beats and uncancelled culture 🔥 #FODI closes our weekend takeover of Carriageworks Sydney with a BANG! 📷 Anna Kucera

Multitudes of moral dilemmas, bodacious beats and uncancelled culture 🔥

#FODI closes our weekend takeover of <a href="/Carriageworks/">Carriageworks</a> Sydney with a BANG! 

📷 Anna Kucera
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What a spectacular Sydney weekend! From attending the Festival of Dangerous Ideas and listening to the formidable Stan Grant, a 13km coastal walk saturated with stimulating conversation…to ice creams in the bath with this incredible view! Thank you P for the perfect escape! X

What a spectacular Sydney weekend! From attending the Festival of Dangerous Ideas and listening to the formidable Stan Grant, a 13km coastal walk saturated with stimulating conversation…to ice creams in the bath with this incredible view!
Thank you P for the perfect escape! X
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Got room for more danger? Join Jean Twenge (author of GENERATIONS, iGEN) Stephanie Ward Sam Koslowski + Bridie Jabour as we stare down the generational gap at UNSW Roundhouse this week🔥 TUE 27 AUG // 6.30PM // THE GENERATION GULF Co-presented by UNSW Sydney and #FODI Book now at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/the-ge…

Got room for more danger? Join <a href="/jean_twenge/">Jean Twenge (author of GENERATIONS, iGEN)</a> <a href="/StephanieAlis18/">Stephanie Ward</a> <a href="/sam_koslowski/">Sam Koslowski</a> + <a href="/bkjabour/">Bridie Jabour</a> as we stare down the generational gap at <a href="/UNSW/">UNSW</a> Roundhouse this week🔥 

TUE 27 AUG // 6.30PM // THE GENERATION GULF

Co-presented by UNSW Sydney and #FODI

Book now at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/the-ge…
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What a pleasure to talk Counterfeit People at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney this weekend. The audience was wonderful - spontaneous applause for Lizzie O'Shea's work on defending digital rights against big platforms! Thanks for a great conversation Festival of Dangerous Ideas #FODI

What a pleasure to talk Counterfeit People at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney this weekend. The audience was wonderful - spontaneous applause for <a href="/Lizzie_OShea/">Lizzie O'Shea</a>'s work on defending digital rights against big platforms! Thanks for a great conversation <a href="/FestOfDanger/">Festival of Dangerous Ideas</a> #FODI
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Catch up with select sessions from this year's Fest, now streaming on demand 🔥 ROXANE GAY // DAVID BADDIEL // JEAN TWENGE // MASHA GESSEN // DAVID RUNCIMAN // MEGAN PHELPS-ROPER // ANDY MILLS // SAREE MAKDISI + MORE Digital tickets available at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program #FODI

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Very grateful to have spoken at Festival of Dangerous Ideas #FODI My talk (avail via podcast soon) highlighted the predicament Australia's #carbon market is in (nature.com/articles/s4324…) and questioned whether "better than nothing" is sufficient. We can and must do better. #ACCUs #climate

Very grateful to have spoken at <a href="/FestOfDanger/">Festival of Dangerous Ideas</a> #FODI  My talk (avail via podcast soon) highlighted the predicament Australia's #carbon market is in (nature.com/articles/s4324…) and questioned whether "better than nothing" is sufficient. We can and must do better. #ACCUs #climate
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Russian American journalist m. gessen says in order to learn the most profound lessons of history we have to recognise the signs of when we're sliding into darkness. Stream Masha's keynote on demand until 8 Sept🔥 Tickets available at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/the-wa… #FODI

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US cultural critic Roxane Gay says that our ideological chambers can be dismantled, but only if we listen to others. Catch up on her #FODI keynote How to Have Dangerous Ideas, streaming on demand until 8 Sept🔥 Tickets available at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/how-to…

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Russian American journalist m. gessen reasons that dissidents are more useful alive than dead, even if that means exile from the very country one is seeking to liberate. Catch up on Democracy is Not Worth Dying For, streaming on demand til 8 Sept 🔥 festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/democr…

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Former member of the Westboro Baptist Church Megan Phelps-Roper says that when faced with difficult conversations, empathy is a powerful tool for persuasion. Watch The Witch Trials from #FODI 2024, now streaming on demand until 8 Sept 🔥 Tickets available at festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/the-wi…