THE GREATEST STORY

THE GREATEST STORY

The politics of the 'clash' between Bangalees and Paharis

The term “Bangalee-pahari conflict” is used as a contextual term for the English “ethnic conflict.” The rhetoric of ethnic conflict or ethnic violence views ethnic identity as an immutable feature of human nature. Or, in other words, these terms create the assumption that violence along ethnic lines is “primordial” or inherent to ethnic or cultural differences. This is seriously problematic because such assumptions normalise violence. In reality, both pahari/Indigenous people and the settler Bangalees are victims of state experimentation.

7m ago

What robots tell us about ourselves

When writing about robots, it's almost a reflex to begin by referring to them as an enduring science fiction trope – momentarily

7y ago

WE'RE ALL PROPAGANDISTS

If you're anything like me – alive and on social media – you've seen your fair share of people dissatisfied with modern life and the people who live it.

8y ago

THE GREATEST STORY / ROME AND ITS MANY SEQUELS

The experiences of puberty strongly shape the adults we become. Let us talk about something that happened during the world's adolescence.

8y ago

The Big Mongol Break-up

History is basically the worst writer you can imagine. Always picks the least believable plots, over and over.

8y ago

THE GREATEST STORY / Racists do stupid things that ruin the world

Racism is far from dead, but we have come a long way. Plenty still living remember when racial discrimination wasn't an illicit practice but explicit state policy...

8y ago

THE GREATEST STORY / A REALLY WEIRD STORY ABOUT FLOWERS

I'd be the first person to admit that I have no clue about flowers. At most I can identify a sunflower or a rose – but only if it's red.

8y ago

THE GREATEST STORY / My Private Country

In November of 1871, the Welsh journalist Henry Morton Stanley successfully found the long missing, legendary medical missionary David Livingstone.

8y ago

The politics of the 'clash' between Bangalees and Paharis

The term “Bangalee-pahari conflict” is used as a contextual term for the English “ethnic conflict.” The rhetoric of ethnic conflict or ethnic violence views ethnic identity as an immutable feature of human nature. Or, in other words, these terms create the assumption that violence along ethnic lines is “primordial” or inherent to ethnic or cultural differences. This is seriously problematic because such assumptions normalise violence. In reality, both pahari/Indigenous people and the settler Bangalees are victims of state experimentation.

7m ago

What robots tell us about ourselves

When writing about robots, it's almost a reflex to begin by referring to them as an enduring science fiction trope – momentarily

7y ago

WE'RE ALL PROPAGANDISTS

If you're anything like me – alive and on social media – you've seen your fair share of people dissatisfied with modern life and the people who live it.

8y ago

ROME AND ITS MANY SEQUELS

The experiences of puberty strongly shape the adults we become. Let us talk about something that happened during the world's adolescence.

8y ago

The Big Mongol Break-up

History is basically the worst writer you can imagine. Always picks the least believable plots, over and over.

8y ago

Racists do stupid things that ruin the world

Racism is far from dead, but we have come a long way. Plenty still living remember when racial discrimination wasn't an illicit practice but explicit state policy...

8y ago

A REALLY WEIRD STORY ABOUT FLOWERS

I'd be the first person to admit that I have no clue about flowers. At most I can identify a sunflower or a rose – but only if it's red.

8y ago

My Private Country

In November of 1871, the Welsh journalist Henry Morton Stanley successfully found the long missing, legendary medical missionary David Livingstone.

8y ago

WHEN SPORTS CLUBS - TRIED REPLACING AN EMPEROR

Long before it became Istanbul, Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

9y ago

Give Peace a Chance (or Else)

Sengoku Jidai was a period in Japan's history when every samurai and their granddaddy wanted to be the shogun, chief of warriors and the real authority in the country.

9y ago