Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion’s Sunday Night Interview
Last night, former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and his partner Vikki Campion sat down with Channel 7’s Sunday Night to discuss their relationship and their son Sebastian. In the exclusive interview, the couple stated their payment of $150,000 with the news program was to go into a trust fund for Sebastian. The two revealed…
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The New Google Assistant
This week’s 2018 Google I/O event showcased the new Google Assistant technology that is more natural and personal than ever. The technology has been apart of a two year vision to provide progressive technology for people all over the world. The assistive device features voice technology that aims to alleviate errors in computerised conversation that…
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A President, a Porn Star and a Peace Prize – This is Trump
In the beginning, it was hard to believe that Donald Trump would be running for President. It was even harder to believe his climbing success in the polls. And before we could all come to terms with the unhinged disruptive escapades he dubbed a campaign, he was the President-elect. And now, the President of the…
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Eddie McGuire Vows to Go After Facebook
Eddie McGuire has vowed to undergo a legal battle with Facebook after a spoof ad promoting erectile dysfunction medication circulated social media. A fake advertisement created by Tryvexan, an erectile dysfunction treatment available to purchase online, crafted this spoof campaign attempting to appear as an online article by well known publication GQ. The article featured…
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Why it’s Important to Offer Mental Health “Off Days”
In the past a stigma surrounding mental health made it difficult for people to turn up to work knowing the state of their mental health was given little consideration. However, as research and awareness continues to grow, so to has the supportive culture around mental health in the workplace. Andrew Dempster, director of Health, Ageing…
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Tech Giant IBM Needs Giant Turn Around
This month’s quarterly financial results reveal the slow decline of IBM under current CEO Ginni Rometti. What was once one of America’s leading companies and most powerful corporations, is now seeing a flatlining failed attempt to increase revenue since peaking in 2011 at £107bn. The good news is that revenues grew for the second quarter…
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The 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatch: Toyota’s Best Yet
Hitting the road this August, Toyota’s 2019 Corolla Hatch is set to bring a whole new meaning to the term ‘compact-car’. Not only does Toyota bring new design and more efficient powertrains, the technology sees the Corolla competing in a market alongside the Volkswagen Golf and the Mazda 3. Providing the budget commuter with something…
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Mark Zuckerberg Addresses the Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Mark Zuckerberg is currently under fire following the revelations of Facebook’s involvement with Cambridge Analytica—a voter profiling company. It came to light on the 17th of March that Facebook released the personal information of 50 million users ahead of Trump’s 2016 election without permission via a personality app called ‘This Is Your Digital Life’, created…
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Stephen Hawking Dies At 76
Yesterday the world lost Professor Stephen Hawking at the age of 76. Hawking was the most famous living physicist, winning significant awards throughout his career including the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Paul Dirac Medal and The Wolf Prize. After receiving the Presidential Medal Of Freedom, it was cited that ‘his persistence…
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Jordan Peterson asks “Why should you wear makeup in the workplace”
Jordan Peterson came under significant fire for what was eventually revealed to be a heavily edited video by Vice in which he proposes a thought experiment regarding the use of makeup in the workplace. Jordan Peterson has become one of the most influential and recognized intellectuals in the media at the moment after his best…
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