Emotional AI
Emotional AI fundamentally reshapes the terrain of influence by converting inner states: mood, stress, empathy, anger; into measurable and actionable data. When such systems are paired with large-scale data collection,…
USSR was a colonial power
The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1922–1991) was a colonial project, even though the Soviet state defined itself as an anti-imperialist and anti-colonial power. The USSR was constitutionally framed…
Open data as a supramundane resource under PROUT
Application of maximum utilization and rational distribution to open data as a supramundane resource, considering both its benefits and perils In PROUT (Progressive Utilization Theory), supramundane resources are non-material assets…
Taliban’s New Criminal Procedure Code and Return of Stratified Rule
The Taliban’s introduction of a new Criminal Procedure Code in January 2026 is a continuation of their chilling vision for Afghanistan. Signed by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the document referred…
How cooperatives with non-worker investors exist and why they are accepted
Practice moves faster than static ideology There are cooperatives that have investors who are not also workers. This is more common than many may think. Across the global cooperative movement…
A Community of Memory Is a Community of Power
On 25 January 2026, at Vilnius’ Rossa Cemetery in Lithuania, four figures stood in quiet alignment: Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Belarusian…
Earth Jurisprudence: Its Foundations and Importance
Key concepts that everyone should know: Earth laws, relationist ethos, rights of nature, ecocide, and their development There has been some shift toward Earth-centred law and governance. This represents a…
Caring for Country and economics that benefits all
Some ideas/proposals that are necessary regarding decolonisation, income, housing, food and energy with a relational ethos The economy is not a law of nature. It is a social construct: a…
What was meant by “the system of private property” in India in the 1950s–1960s?
“Private ownership has been created by selfish opportunists, as the loopholes in this system provide them with ample scope for self-aggrandizement through exploitation.” PR Sarkar, Problems of the Day, 26 January…
Concept of Euro-Islam
Islam Aligned with European Values The phrase ‘Islam with German values’ refers to the broader idea of ‘Euro-Islam’ (or ‘Europäisierter Islam’), a concept promoted primarily by the Syrian-born German political…