Plate XX · Module 20 of 25 · Essential Knowledge
Government, Authorities & Control Systems
Plate XX · Government, Authorities & Control Systems
Plate XX · Module 20 of 25 · Essential Knowledge
Plate XX · Government, Authorities & Control Systems
The argument
Institutions do not want you to think critically — they want you to conform. Few people are aware of the extent to which their lives are shaped by government and a network of other institutions. Is conformity the original role of government? Have some governments forgotten their true purpose? Or have we, the people, abdicated personal responsibility and given too much power to the state?
What you’ll walk away with
Taught by
Investigative journalist, Damascus
Vanessa is a journalist based in Damascus, Syria, and daughter of Sir Harold Beeley, a British diplomat, historian and Arabist. She has worked extensively in the Middle East — on the ground in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Palestine — and has covered the conflict in Yemen since 2014. She was a finalist for the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism in 2017 and a recipient of the Serena Shim Award for uncompromised integrity in journalism. She contributes regularly to Mint Press News, Russia Today, UK Column and The Last American Vagabond.
Same branch
What a curriculum should cover and somehow doesn't. Money, philosophy, geography, China, A.I., the institutions that shape daily life.
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