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100 million people died from smoking in the 20th century. More than World War 2 (75 million). More than the Spanish flu (50 million). Everybody knows that smoking is bad for you. Everyone knows that it gives you lung cancer. And I know you’re sick of hearing about it. But actually, the dangers are still

Diamonds are a beautiful thing. Unbreakable. Forever lasting. And incredibly rare. Giving your future wife a diamond engagement ring is the perfect way of saying: I love you. It’s a sign of an unbreakable bond. Just as a diamond lasts forever, so will your love for each other. Right? Or maybe.. Maybe it’s just a

We’ve surrounded by frozen people. When you stop and think about it for a second – it’s kind of strange. That every time you step outside you’re confronted of hundreds of images of people frozen in time. On advertising billboards by the side of the road. On your social media newsfeed. In the newspaper. Frozen

“The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart” – Fernando Pessoa The silvered-glass mirror was invented in 1835 by Justus von Liebig – for the first time in history ordinary people could afford a mirror of their own. We haven’t been the same since. No longer were we looking at ourselves in the vivid

It’s been there since the day you were born. The mainstream media. The authority that tells you about the world outside your personal bubble. Your entire nation – millions of people – are informed by it. There it sits. On our TV screens. On our laptop screens. On our smartphone screens. Beaming information through into

Pixabay/Free-Photos “I’ve gotta take a leak” you tell your friend. He nods and continues to stare down at his pint of beer. You pass by a table of drunk teenagers laughing loudly and make your way to the bathroom. The toilet is full of cracked tiles and stains on the walls. The urinal is blocked

You’re scrolling the Instagram news feed and your perfect friend posts another perfect yoga selfie. Do you feel calm? Or do you feel your emotions being pulled in 1000 different directions all at once? And do you remember how or why you opened Instagram in the first place? You’re browsing Youtube. The “recommended for you”

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The First Pillar: Deepfakes So far, we’ve dealt with the manipulation of text in the form of fake news and the manipulation of images with photo-retouching. These have already caused huge problems. Now we have the manipulation of video and audio on the horizon in the form of deepfakes. And it’s about to change everything.