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Room to dream
Alexander Howard | January 19, 2025Best known for films such as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive and the hugely influential television series Twin Peaks, American director David Lynch has died at the age of 78.
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Preparing for Trump
Malcolm Davis | January 19, 2025How should Australia react to the likely geo-political priorities of Donald Trump’s second term in power?
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The shape of things to come
Bill Sweetman | January 19, 2025In the past Chinese military aviation relied on crude copies of Soviet planes. Today’s Chinese airforce fields large numbers of modern aircraft based on stolen Western designs. Tomorrows Chinese airforce may take the lead, just as China has in other areas of techology, and the “J-XX” may be the shape of things to come.
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Oligarchy in the USA
Benjamin Jones | January 18, 2025Outgoing US President Joe Biden warned “an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy” in his farewell address.
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Freedom of speech v freedom from deception
Tanisha Shah | January 18, 2025Disinformation threatens Australian democratic processes and the failure of the proposed Disinformation and Misinformation bill highlights the urgent need for balanced regulation ahead of the 2025 elections.
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Alien opinions
Sean McMahon | January 18, 2025The discovery of alien life seems closer than ever – just as it has for the last 100 years – so what do astrobiologists, terrestrial biologists and physicists think about the possibility of extraterrestrial life being discovered?
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Looking forward from the past
Simon Rogerson | January 17, 2025Insights from scientific and social thinkers in the past could offer clues about tackling the implications of AI in the future.
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Meta-reality
Rafael Weber Hoss | January 17, 2025Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that Facebook will replace fact checkers with “community notes” has as much to do with Meta’s embrace of AI as the re-election of Donald Trump.
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Out of the ashes
Mike Copage | January 17, 2025The factors which drove the calamitous fires sweeping Los Angeles – from climate change to over-development and a lack of preparation – offer important lessons for Australia.
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The rise of AI agents
Uri Gal | January 16, 2025The rise of generative artificial intelligence has captivated public attention over the last couple of years, but the future may be dominated by the rise of AI agents – autonomous systems that can make decisions and take actions on our behalf without direct human input.
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Triple-J turns 50
Liz Giuffre | January 16, 2025JJJ is turning 50, so what does it mean when the national youth broadcaster hits middle age?
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On the road again
Paul Williams | January 15, 2025Anthony Albanese’s pledge of $7.2 billion to revamp the Bruce Highway looks like an early bid to buy votes in Queensland in what may be a tight Federal election campaign.
