Sixty years later, will anybody have heard of COVID-19?
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In June 2023 Political Economy at the University of Sydney hosted a discussion on Jamie Martin's new book, The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire and the Birth of Global Economic Governance (Harvard University Press). Jamie gave a presentation on the book, and Martijn Konings was the discussant. Today we are publishing a recording of the event, along with an edited transcript of Martijn's contribution and Jamie's response.
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Richard Dawkins’ hypothesis buries a crucial part of life’s story.
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In some deep aquifers, cells have a chemical trick that could sustain whole underground ecosystems.
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Astronomers are learning to decode the meanings hidden in stellar songs.
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Why the “hard problem” of AI—controlling our superintelligent creations—is impossible.
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Deepfakes are taking old scams to the next level.
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Putting the focus on biodiversity.
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In my book, World Statehood: The Future of World Politics, I develop a new processual understanding of world statehood. I pose questions about world political integration, especially (1) whether and to what degree elements of world statehood exist today, (2) whether the development of further elements and functions of world statehood can be seen as a tendential direction of history, and (3) whether, and under what conditions, a world political community could be viable? These questions imply that the existence of a “world state” is not a categorical yes-or-no question, but rather we must carefully specify the elements and functions that can be associated with stateness.
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Only novels can plumb the depth of human consciousness.
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