Anthony Behan

@technopolitics
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Everything is ecosystem. Technology, Data, AI, Politics, Philosophy, Sociology, Art. Even Rugby. All views mine.

https://statelegitimacy.com/

Anthony BehanJan 24, 2024
New blog post on the philosophy of history. https://statelegitimacy.com/2024/01/24/cause-effect-history-truth/
Cause, Effect, History, Truth

Forty years ago, Apple changed the world when they launched the Macintosh computer, with a superbowl ad echoing Orwell’s 1984. So the story goes anyway. Reading that (really very good!) piece…

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Anthony BehanJul 5, 2023
@klillington in America especially, obvs... (land of the free, etc.!)
Show threadAnthony BehanJun 28, 2023
@karengregory thx will dive in
Show threadAnthony BehanJun 28, 2023
@karengregory that looks amazing. I don't suppose it's being streamed anywhere, no?
Anthony BehanJun 28, 2023

The problems at RTE may be symptomatic of a more general decay in the legitimacy of state institutions, where the rules don't hold so fast any more.

https://statelegitimacy.com/2023/06/28/the-legitimacy-of-institutions-and-political-decay

The Legitimacy of Institutions and Political Decay

It could be said that Ireland has had four phases of development: the first as the country emerged from its fledgling days of independence and civil war before the Second World War; the second one …

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Anthony BehanJun 17, 2023
Anthony BehanJun 17, 2023

Can we find a synthesis between spirituality and science?

https://statelegitimacy.com/2023/06/17/resurgent-or-synthetic-romanticism/

Resurgent, or Synthetic Romanticism

There has long been a persistent tension, a binary opposition in my thinking, between romanticism and enlightenment, faith and reason, spirituality and science. It was first awoken in my in depth r…

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Anthony BehanJun 17, 2023

Can we find a synthesis between spirituality and science?

https://statelegitimacy.com/2023/06/17/resurgent-or-synthetic-romanticism/

Resurgent, or Synthetic Romanticism

There has long been a persistent tension, a binary opposition in my thinking, between romanticism and enlightenment, faith and reason, spirituality and science. It was first awoken in my in depth r…

State Legitimacy
Anthony BehanMay 24, 2023

Certain events in history stand out, and capture the imagination. Are they really that important, or just shiny reflections of light in a wide river of inevitable temporal flow?

https://statelegitimacy.com/2023/05/24/the-drama-of-revolution/

The Drama of Revolution

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Anthony BehanMay 18, 2023
"What's the biggest number you can imagine?"
"Uhhh..."
"Now double it!"
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/05/17/irelands-dpc-said-to-hit-meta-with-record-privacy-fine-over-us-data-transfers/
Ireland’s DPC set to hit Meta with record privacy fine over US data transfers

Regulator set to impose record fine for GDPR-related issues

The Irish Times
Anthony BehanMay 16, 2023
Time to tackle the elephant in the room…