SC-2245A

IS HONG KONG A PRISON STATE?

Hong Kong is now a totalitarian state where peaceful protest and free press goes punished with prison.  How can a small minority dictate to the population in this way?  This trend however is being exported.

FREEDOM

To Protest

OP-2245A

IS SHE OR IS HE - NOT SENTIENT?

Sentient sounding machines were unveiled to us in the 1968 sci-fi film  classic, "2001-Space Odyssey".  How do we test for sentience, as it seems scientists don't know?  It could be necessary to answer this question.

TECHNOLOGY

Ai

BP-2242A

WE'RE MADE AS UNIQUE HUMANS

If anyone is happy to look just like everyone else, then that is OK.  But what is the psychology behind insisting everyone looks the same?  Is this a strategy to deny people their very special uniqueness?

GOVERNMENT

Dictatorship

BP-2235A

SPEED v TRADITION v SOCIAL LIFE

There is space and need for many innovations.  But shouldn't we ask - how does each new thing add to the quality of life?  How does each new thing enhance our wellbeing - our social life and connection to others?

FOOD

Habits

DD-2231A

SEABED MINING - IS THIS RAPE?

It's been declared that the seabed and its resources belongs to us all.  But the organisation set-up to manage this - the ISA - appears to be more focused on business and profits than anything else.  

ENVIRONMENT

Destruction