Ivo Vegter
Ivo Vegter is a freelance journalist, columnist and speaker who loves debunking myths and misconceptions, and addresses topics from the perspective of individual liberty and free markets.
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MAHA’s brilliant plan to defeat cancer
RFK Jr., the former heroin addict, convicted felon and environmental tort lawyer, is worried about chronic disease, but he has an ingenious plan.
No blacks allowed, say Musk and Walsh
The casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy in an upcoming film has sent the white right into a righteous fury.
AI is not governable, Mr. Malatsi
Leaving aside the farcical release of an AI-generated AI policy full of AI hallucinations, why do we need an AI policy at all?
Sci-fi grokked AI when your grandpa was still young
Today’s artificial intelligence was anticipated many decades ago. Let’s dive into the literature. When OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT upon the world a little over three years
The road to unemployment is paved with good intentions
Fourteen million South Africans are unemployed. New labour law amendments threaten to increase that number.
The high price of safety
The controversy over safety ratings for low-end vehicles in South Africa is a symptom of a conflicted government.
Treasury is coming for your bitcoins
South Africa’s government is “modernising” its archaic exchange control regime… by declaring war on crypto assets.
What’s the deal with Peter Thiel?
How did Peter Thiel, once a libertarian seeking escape from democratic socialism, come to build the tools of state coercion?
Need we stress about resource scarcity?
If raw materials are becoming ever-more abundant, then why do we so often hear that we’re living beyond our means? Turns out that’s an economics question.
The brutality of populist politics
Modern politics has abandoned the basic civility of recognising the humanity of all people. We will come to regret this.