An optimised life, examined

Sydney Ideas by Sydney Ideas

Jan 6, 202600:54:37Education

How, and for what, should life be optimised? Is the growing culture of optimisation leading us towards the homogenisation of culture? These days we're using technology to help us write, make decisions, as well as augment...

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