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@aeon.coBarbara Ward imagined a ‘planetary’ politics grounded in ecological interdependence, moral responsibility and global cooperation. In today’s Essay, Or Rosenboim argues that Ward’s distinctive vision still offers insights into some of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century buff.ly/7a1gDaQ
@aeon.coFrom the homeland of the Lenape people to the global cultural capital it’s become today, the island of Manhattan has undergone extraordinary transformations. Rendered in 3D animation without the use of AI, this video from the YouTube channel City 3D Timelapse chronicles its evolution buff.ly/qkdOWG3
@aeon.coTaking readers deep into the walled-off ‘geto novo’ neighbourhood of 16th-century Venice, the eminent Renaissance scholar Alexander Lee provides a fascinating account of the world's first Jewish Ghetto in this Essay
@aeon.coIn Yaser Talebi's short documentary 'I Won't Remain Alone', the filmmaker follows an Iranian couple seeking out the recipient of their late son's heart. Watch the Aeon-exclusive documentary for free: buff.ly/FhyGHqo
@mkang.bsky.socialReposted by @aeon.coI wrote for @aeon.co about how early violence can be a bad teacher, but the past need not define the present. With support, safety, and patience, the capacity of our minds to learn anew is ordinary.
@aeon.coHumanity publishes 19,000+ scientific studies every day – not infrequently drawing opposing conclusions. In this Essay, the science journalist Helen Pearson argues that to find clarity, we don’t need more flashy results but to synthesise what's already there @helenpearson.bsky.social
@aeon.coIn this experimental short, the Inuk filmmaker Lindsay McIntyre stylishly captures a traditional Inuit game of balance and strength through monochrome, hand-processed film and an ambient, dreamlike score
@aeon.coWhen the historian Thomas Söderqvist began posting his memoir to Facebook, his readers revealed to him parts of his own life that he never would have seen on his own. In this fascinating Essay, Söderqvist what happens to self-image when it is formed in public buff.ly/CGjrltX
@aeon.coIn the mid-1990s, thinkers pushed back against the idea we’re built by language, turning to feeling and the body instead. A Video by Then & Now
@aeon.coA cancer diagnosis carries with it fear and upheaval. For many patients the cellular changes do not warrant the label. An Essay by @dr_coops
@aeon.coFor many Americans raised in deprived neighbourhoods, gun violence has fundamentally shaped their inner behavioural scripts to anticipate danger everywhere, perpetuating the cycle – but what can be learned can be unlearned, with programmes designed to help rewrite these scripts buff.ly/ghYgRJZ
@aeon.coThis short from the science documentary series Deep Look explores the dominance of green tree ants and the four copycat species who leverage their looks for survival
@aeon.coIn this deftly argued Essay, the philosopher Sasha Mudd uses Kant’s notion of reason as freedom as a warning against the emerging tendency to conflate intelligence with optimisation in the age of AI buff.ly/bl01hrT =
@aeon.coThis Aeon-exclusive short documentary by Czech filmmaker Maja Penčič sets out to find the half-man, half-mythological figure known simply as 'Zoran', whose (allegedly passportless) globetrotting has inspired dozens of conflicting accounts still circulating long after his departure buff.ly/QZVMBaS
@aeon.coWhile improvements in cancer screening have had overwhelmingly positive effects, when the word ‘cancer’ is applied too liberally to cell abnormalities, clinicians risk harming patients both mentally and physically, writes the urologist Matthew R Cooperberg
@aeon.co‘Affects are the intensities that move us’. This provocative video examines the ‘affective turn’ in the humanities, exploring the interplay of physicality, emotion and identity buff.ly/hTyVmJ9
@aeon.coThe idea that creative genius depends on distance from domestic responsibility has long been upheld in the cultural sphere, especially for men. But in today's Essay, the english professor Daniel Swift suggests that the opposite may be true
@aeon.coAs Indonesia builds a new capital city, the race is on to preserve the sounds of the rainforest before they vanish forever. A Video by Leah Varjacques
@aeon.coWhen I found the mushroom Amanita muscaria being sold in candy wrappers, I uncovered legal loopholes, dangerous dosages and more. An Essay by Eric Leas
@aeon.co‘What stayed with me wasn’t the answer but the manner of it: a philosopher in his 70s [. . .] still willing to test [his] framework’. In this Essay, the philosopher Emilie Prattico traces the evolution of Jürgen Habermas’s thought – shaped by a willingness to have his mind changed buff.ly/5C1hOqn
