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- May 27, 2019
- 5 min
Citizen Zuck: The Most Powerful Man in the World
Facebook’s co-founder Chris Hughes’ recent testimony against Mark Zuckerberg was revealing and very agreeable for anyone who is concerned...
- Mar 30, 2019
- 6 min
The Masculinity of Psychology
A few months ago, a person I consider ‘highly intelligent’ made some conclusive remarks about men being smarter than women, citing the...
- Nov 5, 2018
- 6 min
What’s Your Totem?
The fascinating aspect about dreams is not what is unreal, but the parts which are so real that we can’t confront them when we’re awake....
- Oct 13, 2018
- 8 min
Netflix & the Choicelessness of Choice
With the advent of ‘modernity’, it has become crucial that we, as human beings, choose, and even more important aspect of it is that we...
- Jul 20, 2018
- 7 min
Deconstructing the Psychopath | Todd Squitieri
In criminal justice schools throughout the United States, from Fresno State to John Jay College, students are learning terms that law...
- Jul 14, 2018
- 11 min
The Two Cultures Revisited: On Steven Pinker’s ‘Enlightenment Now’ | Jared Marcel Pollen
Does the Enlightenment require a defense? Aren’t its truths demonstrative and self-evident? In 2018, that a book like Steven...
- Mar 31, 2018
- 7 min
Reflections on ‘Insanity’ | Mitakshara Medhi
By convention, it is said that that behavior which is deviant from the norms and the culture of the individual is called abnormal....
- Mar 31, 2018
- 6 min
Geert Lovink: Fragmentation of the net is our key aim right now
Geert Lovink, net critic and theorist and advisory editor of Catharsis and Swagat Baruah, managing editor of Catharsis discuss the recent...
- Feb 22, 2018
- 4 min
Let’s Talk About Social Media | Geert Lovink
Digital Detox, Exodus and Alternatives “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” Dr. Suess Early 2018 social media...
- Jan 24, 2018
- 5 min
The Indian “Psychologies” | Mitakshara Medhi
As soon as one is introduced to the discipline of Psychology in India, the first thing the individual is taught is that Psychology was...
- Dec 13, 2017
- 7 min
Net Neutrality in Indonesia | Tejas Rao
Tejas Rao The right to freedom of expression in Indonesia is contained in the Article 28 of the Constitution. The Article states “Freedom...
- Dec 3, 2017
- 7 min
Empathy | Mitakshara Medhi
Mitakshara Medhi Empathy is a term one gets to hear in their everyday life. Carl Rogers (1969), defined empathy as “to perceive the...
- Oct 17, 2017
- 6 min
Should AI Have Rights? Is It Really Upto Us? | Bruhad Dave
Bruhad Dave Definitions are difficult. Often a very good test of whether one understands something is to ascertain whether one can define...
- Oct 17, 2017
- 4 min
Internet Socialisation & Murder | Mitakshara Medhi
Mitakshara Medhi It is a common notion (even researched to some extent), that the internet leads to depression, and low self-esteem (e.g....
- Sep 18, 2017
- 4 min
Google Maps: Drifting Through Post-Humanism and Away From Psychogeography? | Prerna Anilkumar
Prerna Anilkumar If you are reading this on a screen you are already a cyborg. You are already a Post-human. (Take a minute and absorb...
- Sep 7, 2017
- 4 min
The Dichotomies of Social Media | Mitakshara Medhi
Mitakshara Medhi All realities of the human mind are essentially social constructions arising out of not just the biological needs, but...
- Jul 20, 2017
- 16 min
On the Social Media Ideology | Geert Lovink
Scraping the Social: “We are unknown to ourselves—and with good reason.” Friedrich Nietzsche—“Even the retards are starting to figure it...
- Jun 13, 2017
- 5 min
The Rise of Religious Violence in India: A Psychological Take | Mitakshara Medhi
Mitakshara Medhi Not many years ago, India prided itself with being a ‘secular’ country, constitutionally and socially. After the 2014...
- May 29, 2017
- 4 min
The Idea of Two Genders | Mitakshara Medhi
Mitakshara Medhi When human beings are born, they are usually classified as male or female based on their genitals, decided by their...