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Author Glenn McLaren

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Glenn McLaren

Glenn McLaren teaches philosophy at Swinburne University. Melbourne, Australia. Prior to becoming a philosopher he spent most of his working life as a fitness trainer. His main interest, therefore is in health, both of humans and the biosphere. As a process philosopher, he has a particular interest in transforming philosophy to make it more relevant to addressing our current and future global crises.

AI Assessment is Anti-Human

Glenn McLaren
Science & Medicine
There is much talk at the moment about the continuing evolution of artificial intelligence technologies and what the implications of this will be for the future of humanity. Those such as Ray Kurzweil can’t...

Science Owes Us An Apology

Glenn McLaren
Philosophy, Science & Medicine
Recently Australia celebrated Science Week when all around the nation people celebrated the discipline's wondrous achievements. As usual, there was a particular focus on science in schools with the theme this...

The Young Pope and Our Responses to Decadence

Glenn McLaren
Arts & Culture
In his 1995 book After the Future, Russian philosopher and Culturologist, Mikhail Epstein, discusses the tense relationship between civilization and culture. Drawing upon previous theorists of civilization,...

The Perverse Art of Destroying Meaning

Glenn McLaren
Philosophy, Politics & Economics
In an article in The Conversation from early 2016 titled, "Why Was Stephen Fry Fried On Twitter?" Australian philosopher, Clive Hamilton, criticizes the unreflective political correctness culture of digital...

Are We Mature Enough to Deal with Climate Change?

Glenn McLaren
Philosophy, Science & Medicine
One does not transcend nature; one transcends the abstractions which alienate us from it.

Trump and Our Crisis of Ethics

Glenn McLaren
Arts & Culture, Politics & Economics
Some friends were recently telling me of a conversation they had with a family they were staying with over the holidays. They were expressing their disgust at the recent reported behavior of a global...
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