New Perspectives: Challenging the status quo | Roger Penrose, Thangam Debbonaire and many more!
Do our theories of physics and the universe work? How do we relate to the world around us? What is our basis of morality? From physics to philosophy, watch the world’s leading thinkers debate today’s biggest ideas, including Roger Penrose, Slavoj Žižek, Peter Singer, Thangam Debbonaire, Priya Natarajan, Lisa Randall, Tim Maudlin, Marika Taylor, Denis […]
Yanis Varoufakis speaks candidly on the 2008 crisis and #bigtech
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Best of Slavoj Žižek | On cynicism, pleasure, philosophy, and more
Watch 45 minutes of Žižek’s best takes and perspectives over the last years on the occasion of the famous philosopher’s 75th birthday. From highlighting our need for hypocrisy and our tendencies towards cynicism, to railing against art Biennales and declaring his desire for passionate love, Žižek comments on the large and the small in his […]
IN FULL Yanis Varoufakis welcomes us to the age of Technofeudalism: Full interview
Yanis Varoufakis outlines the features of the new economic phase we have entered. What do you think – does Technofeudalism accurately describe our predicamente? Watch more of Yanis dissecting the new ruling class of Technofeudalism at https://iai.tv/video/the-new-ruling-class-yanis-varoufakis?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=yanis-varoufakis-interview Join this exclusive interview in which Yanis Varoufakis is interviewed by the NYT’s Eshe Nelson on how our […]
‘Nobody believes in democracy anymore’ | Zizek on #ideology and #superstition
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The end of good and evil | Slavoj Žižek, Rowan Williams, Maria Balaska, Richard Wrangham
Slavoj Žižek, Rowan Williams, Maria Balaska and Richard Wrangham debate the utility and meaning of ‘good ‘ and ‘evil’. Are these objective categories? Watch the full debate at https://iai.tv/video/the-end-of-good-and-evil?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description Whether we see humans as essentially good or essentially selfish and violent has been central to our politics, our account of society, and our vision for […]
Yanis Varoufakis | We should slap price controls on distorted markets
Watch the full debate at https://iai.tv/video/economic-fact-and-economic-fantasy?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=short2 #yanisvaroufakis #economics #pricecontrols #energycrisis #edf @yanisvaroufakis The Institute of Art and Ideas features videos and articles from cutting edge thinkers discussing the ideas that are shaping the world, from metaphysics to string theory, technology to democracy, aesthetics to genetics. Subscribe today! https://iai.tv/subscribe?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=economic-fact-and-economic-fantasy For debates and talks: https://iai.tv For articles: […]
Beyond the left and right | Yanis Varoufakis, Fiona Hill, Daniel Markovits, Aaron Bastani and more!
Who has our best interest in mind – the left or the right? And where do the two sides converge? Watch some of the biggest names in politics talk ideologies and strategies, including Yanis Varoufakis, Fiona Hill, Richard Wolff, Aaron Bastani, Svitlana Morenets, Daniel Markovits, Martin Wolf, Matthew Goodwin, John Redwood, and Matthew Lesh. 00:00 […]
Are central banks flawed? | Yanis Varoufakis responds to Vicky Pryce
Yanis Varoufakis, Vicky Pryce and Roger Hearing debate economic forecasts. This excerpt was taken from ‘Economic fact and economic fantasy,’ recorded at our IAI Live online event from December 2023. Watch the full debate at https://iai.tv/video/economic-fact-and-economic-fantasy?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_medium=head-to-head Although there has been a recent fall, central banks are widely seen to have failed to control inflation. At […]
The biggest ideas of 2023 | Slavoj Žižek, Fiona Hill, Roger Penrose and more!
It’s been a year full of confrontation, deconstruction, big ideas and lively debates! Watch some of our best content from 2023, including Slavoj Žižek, Fiona Hill, Roger Penrose, Daniel Markovits, John Vervaeke, Martin Wolf, Billy Bragg, Anna Lembke, Esther Freud, Tasneem Zehra Husain, Iain McGilchrist, Brian Greene and Eric Weinstein. 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Is everything […]