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Guides to the alternatives, and essays on living with less harm. Guides show when we last checked them; essays are dated when they were written.
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What are the environmental impacts of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories and the war in Gaza?
This article discusses the environmental repercussions of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories and of its actions during the still-ongoing Gaza war. Though a ceasefire has commenced…
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Could machines help us be more ethical?
Even as a professional ethicist, I’ll admit it’s not easy to live an ethical life. Heck, it’s a slog at times. Choosing to living well means thinking critically…
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Teaching machines right from wrong
The trouble with computers: you get exactly what you ask for. Ask a robot waiter to serve table eight’s food immediately and it might just throw it. An…
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Should we be polite to chatbots?
Suddenly they’re everywhere, destroying the idea of homework as we know it and worrying writers across the globe. Few technologies have captured public imagination quite like the modern…
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Artificial intelligence: who owns the future?
How did you go bankrupt?Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly. Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises The late Gordon Moore famously observed that computing power doubles every two years. For…
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Ethical Alternatives to Adobe: 2023 Update
Adobe Alternatives Guide – 2023 Update: Many Adobe alternatives have improved significantly since this article was first published back in 2021. Let’s take a look at the current…
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Ethical alternatives to Gmail
Independent guide to Gmail alternatives: who owns each ethical email provider, how it makes money, which have free plans, and the trade-offs.
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Ethical alternatives to Facebook
Independent guide to Facebook alternatives for friends, groups, events, Marketplace and messaging: who owns each one, how it makes money, the trade-offs.
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Ethical Google Alternatives: 2023 Update
“Google it.” Even my technophobe grandma understands what that means, and almost everyone with any experience of the internet has used the company’s services in some shape or…
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Twitter Alternatives Guide: How (and Why) to Avoid Twitter (2023 Update)
January 2023: When I first wrote this article, back in 2019, the landscape for Twitter was far different. Given a number of interesting developments in recent years, we’ve…
