Viewpoint
🔴 Viewpoint: The Art of Thinking in an Age of Information Abundance
Why Critical Thinking Has Become Our Most Essential Survival Skill
Paulo Furtado
Books
Adrift in Barcelona: Unpacking Manuel Vázquez Montalbán's Southern Seas
It transcends genre conventions, using the framework of a detective investigation to offer what Montalbán aimed for across the series: a "moral chronicle" of Spain's tumultuous Transición, the period of transition from Franco's dictatorship to democracy in the late 1970s.
Viewpoint
🔴 Viewpoint: Viewpoint: Can AI Truly Understand Us?
Can AI comprehend who a person is, beyond simply processing what they say?
Books
🔴 Viewpoint: Tolkien's Legendarium - Lessons in Narrative, Lore, and Lifelong Re-reading
There exists a peculiar alchemy in the way certain literary worlds seize not just our attention, but our very soul—and Tolkien's Middle-earth has been, for me, such a transformative landscape.
Books
🔴 Viewpoint: Finding Meaning in the Muddle - Why Philosophical Fiction Speaks to Our Uncertain Times
There are moments, often arriving unbidden during times of collective unease or personal crossroads, when the stories we turn to feel less like escape and more like engagement.
Nexus
NeXus #0004
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Viewpoint
🔴 Viewpoint: 7 Sci-Fi Novels That Teach Us About Being Human in the Age of AI
Seven remarkable science fiction novels that have shaped my understanding of the complex dance between humans and artificial intelligence.
Personal
May the 4th Be With You: A Journey Through Time and Space
It’s a day when the Force feels just a little bit stronger in our everyday world.
Nexus
NeXus #0003
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Education
🔴 Viewpoint: Is the Lecture Dead? Rethinking the Future of University Teaching
Understanding the lecture's past and present limitations, alongside its potential enduring value, is critical for charting a course toward a more effective future for higher education pedagogy.
Nexus
NeXus #0002
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Education
🔴 Viewpoint: On Education, Critical Autonomy, and Freedom in the Digital Age
While historical moments like Portugal's Carnation Revolution secured essential political liberties and freedom from direct state censorship, realising genuine freedom in the contemporary digital era demands the cultivation of critical autonomy.