Dr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot
The Western healthcare system is facing an imminent upheaval caused by an ageing population, increase in the chronically ill, technological advances and a shortage of caregivers. Automation of medical...
21 Nov 201816min
The UK Plastic Crisis Unwrapped
Natalie Bennett discusses the hard-won gains and shortcomings of the British legislation banning micro-plastics in cosmetics, the deep-rooted place plastic holds in British lifestyle, and the path to ...
15 Nov 201814min
Work in a World Without Growth
A fixation with growth in economics has seen GDP increase in proportion to environmental damage. As planetary limits draw ever closer and are even being surpassed, such a model cannot be sustained. Ri...
15 Nov 201815min
Bridging the 82 km Happiness Gap: Can Estonia Stem the Labour Exodus to Finland?
With tens of thousands of Estonian workers commuting between Tallinn and Helsinki, we look at a snapshot of Estonia’s ongoing struggle with brain drain.Written by Silja Kudel and read by Julia Lagoutt...
15 Nov 201816min
