Justice is geometric
Where centralised societies excel at extraction, African fractal systems allow for circulation, reciprocity and return. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
21 Huhti 23min
Fuel for thought
A brain fit for the 21st century is one that understands – and respects – its own bioenergetic foundations. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us m...
20 Huhti 21min
The invention of the soul
Humans weren’t given souls by God or genes. We made them ourselves with language – turning sentience into something sacred. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essay...
17 Huhti 25min
Join the dots
Peering into the origins of our Universe, astronomers found something that shouldn’t be there: what are those little red dots?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through e...
16 Huhti 14min
You’ve lived this life before
The mystical insight came to Nietzsche like a lightning flash: time eternally recurs – and life must be lived accordingly. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays...
14 Huhti 21min
The sterilisation-seekers
In the story of eugenics, disabled people are often depicted as passive victims. But for some it seemed an opportunity. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
13 Huhti 22min
Patterns without desires
The art expert is the fulcrum of all value and significance in the museum and auction world. Could AI supplant them?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that...
10 Huhti 27min
Living without my self
Our culture valorises the big, coherent self: reading Robert Musil helps me embrace the beauty of my no-self existence. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
7 Huhti 20min
