Prof of Sociology, @warwickuni. Founder of Social Epistemology and Author of Humanity 2.0 and Post Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game
University of Warwick
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My new book is 'Media and the Power of Knowledge'. It is partly based on lectures I've given over the last 15 years. It updates McLuhan for the age of @X: futurespodcast.net/events/me…
This sort of ranking is misleading if you don't know (at least) the distance between the positions. Also, some of the positions are alphabetically arranged, which suggests that they might in fact be in the same position. And then there's the more general issue of criteria...
Free and Fair Elections Index 2025
1. Belgium🇧🇪
2. Norway🇳🇴
3. Australia🇦🇺
4. Denmark🇩🇰
5. Finland🇫🇮
6. Germany🇩🇪
7. Chile🇨🇱
8. Spain🇪🇸
9. Netherlands🇳🇱
10. New Zealand🇳🇿
11. Estonia🇪🇪
12. Uruguay🇺🇾
13. Ireland🇮🇪
14. Sweden🇸🇪
15. Italy🇮🇹
16. Greece🇬🇷
17. Luxembourg🇱🇺
18. Costa Rica🇨🇷
19. Canada🇨🇦
20. Switzerland🇨🇭
21. France🇫🇷
22. Czechia🇨🇿
23. Portugal🇵🇹
24. Taiwan🇹🇼
25. Austria🇦🇹
26. Slovakia🇸🇰
27. Japan🇯🇵
28. Korea🇰🇷
29. Iceland🇮🇸
30. UK🇬🇧
31. Latvia🇱🇻
32. Slovenia🇸🇮
34. Cyprus🇨🇾
35. Malta🇲🇹
36. USA🇺🇸
39. Lithuania🇱🇹
40. Argentina🇦🇷
41. Barbados🇧🇧
42. Croatia🇭🇷
43. Israel🇮🇱
45. Bhutan🇧🇹
46. Mauritius🇲🇺
48. Peru🇵🇪
51. South Africa🇿🇦
52. Panama🇵🇦
53. Brazil🇧🇷
54. Cape Verde🇨🇻
55. Ecuador🇪🇨
56. Poland🇵🇱
57. Botswana🇧🇼
58. Lesotho🇱🇸
59. Singapore🇸🇬
60. Gambia🇬🇲
61. Dominican Republic🇩🇴
62. Bolivia🇧🇴
63. Colombia🇨🇴
66. Ghana🇬🇭
67. North Macedonia🇲🇰
68. Senegal🇸🇳
69. Kosovo🇽🇰
70. Nepal🇳🇵
71. Oman🇴🇲
72. Armenia🇦🇲
73. Guatemala🇬🇹
74. Moldova🇲🇩
75. Romania🇷🇴
76. Maldives🇲🇻
77. Bulgaria🇧🇬
78. Benin🇧🇯
79. Paraguay🇵🇾
80. Montenegro🇲🇪
81. Namibia🇳🇦
82. Ukraine🇺🇦
83. Malaysia🇲🇾
84. Hungary🇭🇺
85. Malawi🇲🇼
86. Liberia🇱🇷
87. Jordan🇯🇴
89. Mongolia🇲🇳
90. Mexico🇲🇽
91. UAE🇦🇪
92. Fiji🇫🇯
93. Vietnam🇻🇳
94. Indonesia🇮🇩
95. Bosnia and Herzegovina🇧🇦
96. India🇮🇳
97. Kenya🇰🇪
98. Guyana🇬🇾
99. Albania🇦🇱
100. Zambia🇿🇲
101. Thailand🇹🇭
102. Morocco🇲🇦
103. Tunisia🇹🇳
104. Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬
105. Türkiye🇹🇷
106. Eswatini🇸🇿
107. Iraq🇮🇶
108. Tanzania🇹🇿
109. Nigeria🇳🇬
110. Honduras🇭🇳
111. Kazakhstan🇰🇿
112. Côte d’Ivoire🇨🇮
113. Ethiopia🇪🇹
114. Georgia🇬🇪
115. Sierra Leone🇸🇱
116. Togo🇹🇬
117. El Salvador🇸🇻
118. Algeria🇩🇿
119. Lebanon🇱🇧
120. Uzbekistan🇺🇿
121. Cuba🇨🇺
122. Angola🇦🇴
123. Mauritania🇲🇷
124. Hong Kong🇭🇰
125. Bahrain🇧🇭
126. Philippines🇵🇭
127. Papua New Guinea🇵🇬
128. Laos🇱🇦
129. Iran🇮🇷
130. Rwanda🇷🇼
131. Serbia🇷🇸
132. Belarus🇧🇾
133. Gabon🇬🇦
134. Madagascar🇲🇬
135. Comoros🇰🇲
136. Congo, Dem. Rep.🇨🇩
137. Pakistan🇵🇰
138. Zimbabwe🇿🇼
139. Djibouti🇩🇯
141. Egypt🇪🇬
142. Nicaragua🇳🇮
143. Russia🇷🇺
144. Uganda🇺🇬
146. North Korea🇰🇵
147. Cameroon🇨🇲
148. Azerbaijan🇦🇿
149. Burundi🇧🇮
150. Tajikistan🇹🇯
151. Cambodia🇰🇭
152. Mozambique🇲🇿
153. Chad🇹🇩
156. Turkmenistan🇹🇲
157. Venezuela🇻🇪
158. Afghanistan🇦🇫
159. Bangladesh🇧🇩
160. Burkina Faso🇧🇫
161. China🇨🇳
162. Eritrea🇪🇷
163. Guinea🇬🇳
165. Haiti🇭🇹
166. Kuwait🇰🇼
167. Libya🇱🇾
168. Mali🇲🇱
169. Myanmar🇲🇲
170. Niger🇳🇪
171. Palestine🇵🇸
172. Qatar🇶🇦
173. Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
174. Somalia🇸🇴
175. South Sudan🇸🇸
176. Sudan🇸🇩
177. Syria🇸🇾
178. Yemen🇾🇪
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You can't really learn from art, if you fixate on what has been done. You always need to focus on how it was done. The reason we don't normally consider science an 'art' is that scientists don't want us to think about how it was done. Ask the pioneers of #STS.
When the absurdity of politics descends to a level that comedy can rise to, the result actually works.
A clever conceit, since some non-Americans do default to the US when they think about 'society'. But of course, he meant the exact opposite -- namely, that the rest of the world is catching up.
As people learn how many times great buildings have had to be repaired due to damage of all sorts, it becomes easier to attack them. One of the unintended consequences of knowledge: less idolatry.
This morning I've been listening to her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_…. The closest UK equivalent: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_…. Both very good.
A fully securitized democracy is a chimera. Any 'democratic education' should place risk intelligence front and centre. I recommend this introduction: amazon.co.uk/s?k=risk+intell…
The most obnoxious thing about people who interrupt you by saying 'you must be busy' is that they think that I'm already dealing with requests like theirs. No, I'm simply doing my own thing.
The greatest success of British Imperialism as a universalist project is that so many people from the former colonies have thrived in the UK political arena and shaped policy. Perhaps they're repaying a debt, but still some native English people don't get it.
'Lack of integration' is definitely the problem, but what that means varies significantly, especially when the legitimacy of the nation-state itself is no longer taken for granted.
Since moral ambiguity is a universal feature of lived human experience, one should interpret strong moral statements as simply risky attempts to influence the future. As someone who co-authored a book called 'The Proactionary Imperative', I'm all for such risky attempts.
