Oscars 2018
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Editorial: Social life without social media
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Although there are plenty of arguments against social media and smartphones on the basis of their addictiveness, their manipulative nature, their propensity to impair cognitive functioning and so on, I am going to focus this editorial on addressing a common argument in favour of them. Namely, that you should use them because they are…
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Breaking down this year’s Oscar predictions
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On Sunday, March 4th, televisions across the continent will be graced with the brilliant beard of Jimmy Kimmel as we settle in and watch inconclusive history be made with the 90th Academy Awards. Let’s not kid ourselves; the Oscars are dumb. History has proven that they always get it wrong. In 1994, Forrest Gump somehow…
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