When unsolicited help goes awry
The blunders from the Trump Administration just keep coming. At least they serve as cautionary tales for other would-be economic autocrats. “I’m not looking to
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If you aren’t against “transformation”, you should be
You’re against the Patriot Act? What, you aren’t a patriot? You’re against Bantu education? What, don’t you believe members of Bantu ethnicities are entitled to education? You’re against “transformation” in South Africa? What, don’t you think things should change for
IRR challenges universities to prevent racial classification
Nicholas Lorimer and Hermann Pretorius discuss the IRR’s challenge to University leadership to fight back against the government’s attempts to forcibly classify their staff by race. They also discuss wealth taxes and policing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngyt_QZzXnI
The battle over race quotas
Within a month after its legal victory overturning the VAT hike, the DA was back in court yesterday to challenge racial quotas for hiring by the private sector. The battle over racial quotas goes to the heart of the ANC
Are you sure your new friend is really human?
Recently I have been giving a lecture titled "We're All Gonna Die: Unpacking the Dystopian/Utopian Narratives Around AI". The title is meant to be taken seriously, notwithstanding its slightly jaunty tone, because the chances of AI-fueled human extinction (at least
The telos of UCT Faculty of Health Sciences: truth or social justice?
“The conflict between truth and social justice is likely to become unmanageable. Universities will have to choose, and be explicit about their choice, so that potential students and faculty recruits can make an informed choice. Universities that try to honor
DA challenges Employment Equity Act
Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the DA’s court challenge to the Employment Equity Act amendments. They also discuss “a little dictatorship” and diminishing tax returns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8MVGRGgSz8 \
Nostalgia for past greatness is usually misplaced
Most of us suffer from a nostalgia bias. Basing political policy on this bias is dangerously short-sighted, and yet a lot of people tend to do so. The Romans had a phrase for it: memoria praeteritorum bonorum. Remembrances of good