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EI Weekly Listen — Mark Plotkin on the price of deforestation
The destruction of rainforests threatens valuable cultures and reams of possible medical innovations. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Credit: Dennis Frates /…
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — On the good society by David Goodhart
A good society is one with a proper balance between the aptitudes of ‘head’, ‘hand’ and ‘heart’. The modern knowledge economy, however, has delivere…
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Time to regulate the development of AI by Maria Borelius
The risks we now face are vast, as is the potential upside of the technology. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Art installation on the theme of AI. Credit: Mi…
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Talks... Mick Jagger at 80
As the Rolling Stones frontman enters his ninth decade, EI asks whether there is a future for ageing rockers.
Image: Mick Jagger in 1975. Credit: Pict…
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — What the Silicon Valley idealists got wrong by Nicholas Carr
The internet and social media were supposed to democratise knowledge and unite the world. Things didn't quite turn out that way. Read by Leighton Pug…
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Talks... the future of tourism
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss the explosion of tourism in the modern era and what might come next.
Image: Travel poster encouraging tourists to…
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Wealth and poverty in Renaissance Florence by Antony Molho
This celebration of wealth, its frequent elevation to an almost religious level, and its justification not only in terms of its social utility but al…
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Talks... anger
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn calmly discuss the uses and misuses of anger.
Image: Thai mural in the temple of the Emerald Buddha, Bangkok. Credit: Sab…
2 years, 6 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — The public realm and the language of architecture by John Simpson
We must rescue our cities from a culture of ugliness. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Image: Sol House, Northampton. Credit: Paul Hanson / Alamy Stock Photo
2 years, 6 months ago
EI Talks... Sully, Richelieu, Mazarin
Paul Lay and Iskander Rehman discuss masters of early modern statecraft: the Duke of Sully, Cardinal Richelieu, and Cardinal Mazarin.
Image: Cardina…
2 years, 6 months ago