Malala “On Failure”: The Sad Arc of Public Life

On her 16th Birthday, 12th July 2013, Malala Yousafzai made a speech at the United Nations, on the importance of education; the education of young girls in particular. 13 years later, at the recent TED, Malala gave another speech. It could have been titled: “On Failure”. Indeed there was an implied admission of failure in … Read more

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Silent Night: The Ecology of “Club Death”.

Silent Night: The Ecology of “Club Death”. by Talks Decoded Thoughts on a TEDx talk by Freek Wallagh at TEDx Amsterdam.Read on Substack Freek Wallagh is a poet and the current Night Mayor of Amsterdam. His TEDx talk was a defence of the city’s nocturnal life. And something considerably more. On first viewing, it is … Read more