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International Political Theory / Political Philosophy. Political Disagreement; Democratic Innovations; International Ethics Luiss University, Roma https://x.com/paulsaproza https://linkedin.com/in/boscolebrun/ https://academicsinpolitics.com/ocw/
My colleague working on political discourse told me that when he copied one politician’s speech into Google Translate with automatic language detection, and it detected “Doublespeak.” Each field has their own jokes
Many people won’t vote but will take to the streets—what does it tell us about democracy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5qDwr6ocP8&t=1807s - #democracy #activism
Reducing humanities in universities is a strategy to weaken social critique and resistance
The unspeakable pleasure of teachers: “For next week, read chapter 1”- *waiting a bit to see the students’ reaction* - “and also, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, and 42”
After electing populists like Trump and Bolsonaro, people became more pro-democracy —how do you interpret it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5qDwr6ocP8&t=1557s - #democracy #internationalrelations
Occupy Wall Street didn’t change Wall Street, but it changed how we talk about money
My nephew believes that a Pokéball can catch a Pikachu, but the werewolf that will eat him if he doesn’t finish their plate? Nah
Is it because many young people have never experienced a dictatorship that they don’t fear losing democracy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5qDwr6ocP8&t=1501s - #democracy #internationalrelations
Linda Martín Alcoff (City University of New York) argues that AI under corporate power won’t serve people—it will serve profit and control
There’s nothing more annoying than reviewers with conflicting feedback; they’re actually pretty helpful
Social media now shapes our thinking more than TV or newspapers ever did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5qDwr6ocP8&t=1236s - #democracy #internationalrelations
Investigate your news sources—real journalism isn’t always where you expect it
Why is it that when I see a labyrinth, I just imagine myself flying over it to scan the QR code?
The West is blamed for promoting LGBT rights, but even there, struggles remain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So0tYIbvctU&t=2195s - #LGBT #internationalrelations
Individual eco-actions matter, but it should not make us forget that the real climate change solutions require collective power shifts
Executioners do an abominable job that shouldn't exist. They deserve the death penalty 🙃
Scapegoating LGBT groups helps authoritarian states strengthen their rule https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So0tYIbvctU&t=2149s - #LGBT #internationalrelations
Very productive workshop at ECPR! Got plenty of feedback, met plenty of nice and talented researchers, and I definitely look forward to returning next year
Higher education is under attack because critical thinking threatens authoritarian power
Russia's crackdown on LGBT people is part of a broader war on free speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So0tYIbvctU&t=2109s - #LGBT #internationalrelations
Democracy isn’t obligated to follow science—can this survive climate change?
Life is too short to eat kale when there’s free pizza at the department seminar
Have you ever thought like me, after looking the screen computer for a too long time, that the world has great resolution?
If God watches everything we do, the least we can do is be entertaining
“We need to *feel* climate disaster before acting”—a dangerous truth about human psychology?
In North Europe, there are two seasons: the short season of heavy rain and the long season of light rain
If AI floods the internet, will we trust anything we read? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOpusJEWn-A&t=1952s - #AI #LLM #society
Real change can also happen through social movements, not just elections
Learning requires effort. The fact that AI makes information very easy to obtain has direct consequences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOpusJEWn-A&t=1642s - #AI #LLM #society
We used to search libraries for knowledge—now we want instant AI responses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOpusJEWn-A&t=1609s - #AI #LLM #society