Daniel de Liever

Oct 21, 2024 | voegelinview.com | Daniel de Liever

The Stalemate in Understanding the Role of TechnologyArtificial intelligence (AI) has been a part of the human imagination for a long time. Both the potential dangers and advantages have been eagerly discussed. A popular version of the threat that AI may pose has been embodied in the famous Terminator franchise. Machines would become independent of humanity, become dominant, and try to destroy humanity in an all-out war. Another popular vision of AI can be seen in the Matrix franchise.

Sep 20, 2024 | voegelinview.com | Daniel de Liever

“Individualism is a mature and calm feeling, which disposes each member of the community to sever himself from the mass of his fellow creatures; and to draw apart with his family and his friends; so that, after he has thus formed a little circle of his own, he willingly leaves society at large to itself.” ~ Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America.

Aug 24, 2024 | europeanconservative.com | Daniel de Liever

The cornerstone of society, the family, has seen unprecedented change since the 1950s. With the number of relatives that an individual has expected to drop by 35% in the near future, one might ask what the future of family life holds. Additionally, more and more Western adults are now child-free by choice, and alarmingly low Western birth rates are continuing to decline. One crucial outcome has been a decline in mental health across the developed West.