Reading for Battle
Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Technology & The City
Can u speak teenager?
Online social networking sites are the key to a teenager’ world, it is like a garganutuan digital version of a Jane Austen novel
Lucy Austin, Telegraph, 23 March 2007
Online social networking sites are the key to a teenager’ world, it is like a garganutuan digital version of a Jane Austen novel
Lucy Austin, Telegraph, 23 March 2007
Waste not, want not in the £700m slum
There is a lot to learn from the developing world, where a scavenger mentality, grass roots recycling and sheer necessity can lead to imaginative leaps in redeploying waste
Dan McDougall, Observer, 3 March 2007
There is a lot to learn from the developing world, where a scavenger mentality, grass roots recycling and sheer necessity can lead to imaginative leaps in redeploying waste
Dan McDougall, Observer, 3 March 2007
A need for speed
'In this new century we need to expand space into time more than ever, yet instead of clear-sighted debate about the use of speed to enhance our lives, the developed world has perverted its meaning.'
Andrew English, Telegraph, 1 March 2007
'In this new century we need to expand space into time more than ever, yet instead of clear-sighted debate about the use of speed to enhance our lives, the developed world has perverted its meaning.'
Andrew English, Telegraph, 1 March 2007
Is E-Democracy Now a Reality?
A survey of attempts to reinvigorate political participation via the web
Brian Wheeler, BBC News, 1 March 2007
A survey of attempts to reinvigorate political participation via the web
Brian Wheeler, BBC News, 1 March 2007
Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance: Challenges of Technological Change
There is a choice between a ‘Big Brother’ world where privacy is almost extinct and a world where the data are kept by individual organisations or services and kept secret and secure
Nigel Gilbert, et al, Royal Academy of Engineering, 28 February 2007
There is a choice between a ‘Big Brother’ world where privacy is almost extinct and a world where the data are kept by individual organisations or services and kept secret and secure
Nigel Gilbert, et al, Royal Academy of Engineering, 28 February 2007
The political power of the network
We have to hope that new technologies will lead to changes in the distribution of power and not merely superficial changes to political practice
Bill Thompson, BBC, 22 February 2007
We have to hope that new technologies will lead to changes in the distribution of power and not merely superficial changes to political practice
Bill Thompson, BBC, 22 February 2007
Big Question: Does the internet liberate or undermine democracy?
For real democracy to function, somebody has to make, and enforce the rules. The internet is no exception
Andy McSmith, Independent, 22 February 2007
For real democracy to function, somebody has to make, and enforce the rules. The internet is no exception
Andy McSmith, Independent, 22 February 2007
Ends and Means: The Future Roles of Social Housing in England
From forging genuinely mixed communities to alleviating social immobility, to what extent can social housing meet political objectives?
John Hills, STICERD CASEpaper, 19 February 2007
From forging genuinely mixed communities to alleviating social immobility, to what extent can social housing meet political objectives?
John Hills, STICERD CASEpaper, 19 February 2007
Eurovision and the Future of E-Politics
Despite the hype, what do e-petitions and the like actually achieve?
John-Paul Flintoff, The Times, 17 February 2007
Despite the hype, what do e-petitions and the like actually achieve?
John-Paul Flintoff, The Times, 17 February 2007
Learning Jargonese
"If you have not tried it, you miss the best annual collective thought provoking opportunities in Britain."
Vijaya Madhavan, business consultant and part time doctor
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