CommonSpace columnist David Carr asks how we can use automation to deliver the post-work society that we want. Do we want fully automated luxury communism - or do we want Skynet?
I CAME late to the Terminator franchise. I was researching developments in robotics and friends said I should start with Terminator 2. Good call.
Writer Tess Gallacher says it's time to ditch stereotypes about the arts and realise the contribution the sector can make in traditional Stem fields in the modern technological age
IN an age where Stem (science, technology, engineering and maths) increasingly dominates the way we live our lives, Scotland’s young people lack the skills to occupy their own future.
Today via CommonSocial, Twitter and Facebook we asked for your responses to our #CommonDebate feature
AS part of Scotland’s new media, what you think about the news is a top priority for CommonSpace – we want to know how you feel about major news stories, and what events you think should be getting attention.
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Former Liberal Democrat candidate Chris Bowers introduces a new collection of political essays - edited by him, Green MP Caroline Lucas and Labour MP Lisa Nandy - aimed at uniting progressive minds across the political spectrum
IT'S never comfortable when old certainties disintegrate and dissolve, but that’s the reality facing the progressive parties in British politics.
Vegan Society campaigner Tom Kuehnel says Brexit offers the UK a chance to redesign agricultural policy
THIRTY-SIX Tory MPs recently called on the government to shift farming subsidies towards environmental protections post-Brexit. Echoing these sentiments, recent surveys have found that the British public feel the same.
Today via CommonSocial, Twitter and Facebook we asked for your responses to our #CommonDebate feature
AS part of Scotland’s new media, what you think about the news is a top priority for CommonSpace – we want to know how you feel about major news stories, and what events you think should be getting attention.
Your views on news issues are incredibly important to us, and we want you to be involved every step of the way. Whenever there’s a big question or issue drawing public attention, we’ll use the #CommonDebate hashtag to make sure your voice is heard.
Anni Donaldson, journalist and Equally Safe in Higher Education (Eshe) project lead at University of Strathclyde, examines how a series of campaigns are aiming to get this year's freshers thinking about consent
SOME new lessons are on the cards for the droves of freshers arriving at many of Scotland’s universities this month - sex without consent is rape.
Former Attitude editor thinks gay men have demons to beat, and the first step is to talk more openly about our problems
TEN years ago, I stood in a newsagents in Waverley train station, Edinburgh, as a nervous gay teenager and paused before buying the gay lifestyle magazine, Attitude, thinking it too embarrassing to take to a till operator.