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The Devil is real
If Julian Porteous had been born a few hundred years ago he would have thought epilepsy was the devil. Well, not necessarily the devil per se, but...
Dangerous ideas
In 2011 the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, presented by Sydney Opera House and St James Ethics Centre, proposed vibrant and provocative arguments to...
Is torture necessary?
Marc Thiessen, speechwriter for George Bush, political commentator and author of the best-seller Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and...
Psychopaths make the world go round
It was confronting. There were an estimated 14 in the audience, perhaps up to 40. Undoubtedly we all knew one. Having worked in the finance industry...
Steve Biddulph on the mask of manhood
According to Steve Biddulph, most men don’t have a life. What men call their life is mostly just a big act, a mask that they clamp to their...
John Quiggan on zombie economics
Why do some ideas not die when they’re clearly past their use-by date? In his presentation, Professor John Quiggan took the audience on a...
Rebecca Huntley on the worst of all husbands
Rebecca Huntley drew an impressive crowd for her FODI talk about why Australian husbands are the worst in the world and why it is women’s fault...
Clive Hamilton on why we are all climate change deniers
Clive Hamilton gave us a rather chilling exposé on both the grim realities of expected levels of global warming and its associated...
PW Singer on Wired for War
In Wired for War, Peter Warren Singer took us through a chilling inventory of contemporary use of robotics in warfare to ask what is right and wrong...
Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Over the first weekend in October 2010, the second Festival of Dangerous Ideas (FODI) was presented by Sydney Opera House in conjunction with St...
Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Sydney Opera House and St James Ethics Centre are pleased to announce the return of Festival of Dangerous Ideas, set to take place over the long...
Festival of dangerous ideas
In October 2009, the first Festival of Dangerous Ideas (FODI) was presented by Sydney Opera House in conjunction with St James Ethics Centre. James...
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