Arts & Humanities

Arts & Humanities

Neuroenhancement: Curse or Blessing?

Pharmacological or technical neuroenhancement, also infamously known as “brain doping”, can improve cognitive functions such as concentration, mood, or creativity. However, the question of whether such interventions affect our autonomy and authenticity has become a matter of current ethical and philosophical debate.

Arts & Humanities

Can We Cheat Death via Mind-Uploading?

Can the sum of knowledge and experience we’ve accumulated over a lifetime live on after we die? The concept of “mind-uploading” is a modern version of an age-old human dream. Transhumanism hopes to not only enhance human capacities but even transcend human limitations such as bodily death.

Arts & Humanities

Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech: A Short History of a Complex Relationship

Lately, the allegedly restricted freedom of expression at universities has been discussed intensively in European and American media. Nonetheless, we should be careful about equating academic freedom with freedom of speech.

Arts & Humanities

Why We Shouldn’t Write Off Handwriting Just Yet

New technologies have changed the way we write – but the practice of handwriting is still alive, albeit sometimes in a different way.

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