Good news on A.I. By Glen Beasley Issues surrounding A.I. appear in news and current affairs programs on an almost daily basis – will artificial intelligence be a force for good, or will it eventually lead to the destruction of human kind? I guess we could ask the...
Which Jesus? By Greg Spearritt In my ‘reading the bible as literature’ course late last century we were presented with the outrageous proposition that a text has no meaning save that which the reader brings to it. ‘What did the author intend?’ is therefore a pointless...
Same old By Greg Spearritt Why does a decent secular society continue to give concessions to a regressive minority who have proved themselves morally corrupt while outrageously claiming to represent moral rectitude? Sydney Anglican Diocese is at it again… Sydney...
Soul searching… literally By Greg Spearritt Wandering like a lost soul in the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart recently, I encountered a library. No, not the room chock-full of completely blank books, but an actual library. Needing a break from the highly...
Why we exist Glen Beasley reflects on SOFiA’s raison d’etre. SOFIA aspires to the courageous exploration of ideas, which often necessitates scrutinising institutions, questioning the myths and challenging the assumptions of a “lucky” country that may have enjoyed...
