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A Wired story, reporting on the ‘civil war’ that has kicked off as a result of the release of the biopic about Michael Jackson, pitting truth against audience size.

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TRUTH VERSUS ACCOUNTABILITY | TOK mini-lesson

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A Forbes story, arguing mathematical models are not neutral instruments, but built out of intentional choices encoding specific value systems and worldviews.

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HIDING BEHIND MATHEMATICS | TOK mini-lesson

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A Hannah Fry story, in which she ‘proves’ that a bankrupt British department store was built by ancient aliens, giving us an interesting insight into our brains.

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A Guardian story, which offers a deep dive into the skincare industry for children, targeting young people down to the age of two or three years old.

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TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY | TOK mini-lesson

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A BBC story, looking at what the images of the Earth taken by Artemis reveal about changes since the famous Earthrise photo of 1968.

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EARTH RISING AND SETTING | TOK mini-lesson

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A Guardian story, focusing on a new serial killer exhibit in New York, and asking whether our obsession with true crime has gone too far.

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INTEREST OR OBSESSION? | TOK mini-lesson

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A BBC story, looking at the recent image of Donald Trump portrayed as Jesus, and healing the sick, which was deleted after a negative backlash.

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A Sky News story, reporting the popularity of the AI influencer ‘Chloe vs. history’, and why her rise is worrying Hollywood.

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THE DEATH OF HOLLYWOOD | TOK mini-lesson

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A Guardian story, reporting on Meta and YouTube being found guilty of having deliberately designed products that are addictive and harmful to young people.

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DELIBERATELY ADDICTIVE | TOK mini-lesson

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A DW story, investigating the rise of looksmaxxing, focusing on the activities of the influencer Clavicular, known for his ‘bonesmashing’ techniques - and controversial views.

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An Independent story, offering a very negative review of the new adaptation of Wuthering Heights, prompting questions about the responsibilities of filmmakers.

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An Al Jazeera story, reporting on Arundhati Roy’s decision to quit the Berlin Film Festival in protest against Wim Wenders’ assertion that artists shouldn’t be political.

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“ALL GOOD ART IS POLITICAL” | TOK mini-lesson

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A Forbes story, looking at how AI is shaping the way we wage war, and the ethical implications of this.

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WAR AND ACCOUNTABILITY | TOK mini-lesson

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A Conversation story, analysing how social media has changed over the last 10 years via a deep dive into the evolution of Instagram posts.

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SOCIAL MEDIA & REALITY | TOK mini-lesson

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A Conversation article, exploring Michael Caine’s decision to sell his voice to an AI company, and what we can learn from this about identity and voice.

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A PATHWAY TO ATTACHMENT | TOK mini-lesson

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A Big Think story, looking at the phenomenon of ‘epistemic trespassers’ - when experts from one field wade into the territory of another.

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An FT story, which asks the question, ‘What happens when psychologists mislead us?’, focusing on famous cases such as the Stanford Prison Experiment.

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An Al Jazeera story, reporting on the Doomsday clock being moved to 85 second to midnight, the closest it has ever been to destruction.

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A Conversation story, exploring how our diminishing interest in truth is impacting the state of democracy around the world.

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A Wired story, exploring the way technology is reshaping the afterlife, and what it means to be dead.

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RESHAPING THE AFTERLIFE | TOK mini-lesson

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A Conversation story, exploring AI-generated political memes, which don’t seek to persuade or manipulate, but create in-jokes with followers.

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PARTICIPATORY DISINFORMATION | TOK mini-lesson

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A Conversation story, examining the importance of language in business - specifically, how CEOs apologize for mistakes in their companies.

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A Guardian story, which reports on Robin Williams’s daughter, Zelda, requesting fans stop generating AI videos of her father.

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OVER-PROCESSED HOTDOGS | TOK mini-lesson

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A Guardian story, which discusses whether AI is helping composers to create new music, or if it’s about to put them all out of business.

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A Conversation story looking at the ethics of anatomical drawings, that feature in medical textbooks, and which were often created via troubling ethical scenarios.

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DID THEY EVER CONSENT? | TOK mini-lesson

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A Conversation story, considering what companies owe to the indigenous people of Easter Island, where a billion dollar ‘miracle drug’ was found.

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A mini-lesson based on a Quanta magazine article, featuring quotes by a range of scientists predicting how AI will impact on the way scientific knowledge is produced and used.

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AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think article, in which a migration expert unpacks what global migration statistics reveal - and fail to reveal - about the movement of people around the world.

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A Conversation story, discussing the call by many experts to rethink the concept of the ‘autism spectrum’ in everyday language.

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A DIFFERENCE, NOT A DEFECT | TOK mini-lesson

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A Guardian story, looking at how the arrival on the scene of ‘AI actor’ Tilly Norwood is being condemned by members of the film industry.

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A BBC story, looking at the potential impact of new laws in the US that give parents the choice to waive vaccinations for their children.

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A Guardian story, looking at the annual Ig Science Awards, which this year saw innovations including “a Teflon diet, garlic milk and zebra cows.”

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LAUGHING THEN THINKING | TOK mini-lesson

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An NPR story, looking at news that scientists have created human eggs in the lab, using skin cells - and what the implications are of this.

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A BBC Future story, looking at how suggestions that eating insects might help us combat climate change have fuelled a conspiracy theory.

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I WILL NOT EAT THE BUGS! | TOK mini-lesson

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An ABC story, offering an analysis of religion and politics in the USA in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing.

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A BBC story, reporting on the decision to rename the US Department of Defense the ‘Department of War’, to "project strength and resolve".

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A Variety story, featuring an interview with an AI-generated version of Joaquin Oliver, who was killed in the Parkland school shooting.

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An AP story, looking at President Trump’s assertion that the Smithsonian focuses too much on slavery, and negative aspects of US history.

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THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY | TOK mini-lesson

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A Sapiens story, looking at how the prehistoric role of women as ‘food processors’ has been completely neglected.

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OVERLOOKED  BUT ESSENTIAL | TOK mini-lesson

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A BBC story, looking at the paradox of how we seemed to be hardwired to be altruistic, but society rewards individualism.

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ALTRUISM VS. INDIVIDUALISM | TOK mini-lesson

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A BBC story, exploring the way the language we speak determines the way we use the Internet, specifically, the videos we watch and upload.

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A Wired story, looking at how patients and doctors are increasingly turning to AI-chatbots to make medical diagnoses and recommendations.

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THE RISE OF DR CHATGPT | TOK mini-lesson

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A BBC story, investigating the new band The Velvet Sundown, which may (or not) be totally AI-fabricated.

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A BBC story, looking at the societal impact of an AI model created for Guess, the first one of its kind to appear in Vogue magazine.

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AI-GENERATED SUPERMODELS | TOK mini-lesson

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A CNN story, reporting on how ChatGPT is providing the spiritual meaning for an increasing number of people in the USA.

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A Guardian story, looking at how Ayahuasca tourism is leading to the increased exploitation of indigenous people in South America.

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FANTASIES FOR OUTSIDERS | TOK mini-lesson

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A Big Think story, comparing the effects of being stupid, and being evil, and concluding the former is more dangerous.

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WHEN STUPIDITY TAKES REIGN | TOK mini-lesson

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A New Humanist story, exploring what you miss out on when you never sit alone with your thoughts.

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A mini-lesson based on a Guardian investigation, which has discovered that over 50% of mental health videos on TikTok contain misleading or inaccurate information.

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A mini-lesson based on a Guardian article, reporting on the news that a new ‘historically accurate’ digital replica of Auschwitz will allow films to be set there, breaking the taboo that currently exists.

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A mini-lesson based on a copy of a letter by artists published in Tribune, arguing that the Irish rap band Kneecap are being persecuted and deplatformed by the authorities.

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A mini-lesson based on a Guardian article, which explores whether we have evolved to become ‘hardwired’ to trust and offer our support to autocratic leaders who have their own interests at heart.

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TRUSTING THE UNTRUSTWORTHY | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on an AP article, looking at the creation of an AI avatar of Jesus in a chapel in Switzerland, and its impact on visitors from different cultural backgrounds.

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THE DIGITAL AND THE DIVINE | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Guardian article, which explores why the pope is being so widely used as a deepfake image on the Internet, and the social and moral implications of this.

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A mini-lesson based on a Vox article, which asserts that there are no longer any ‘acts of God’, and what the implications of this are in terms of our relationship with the natural world.

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BEYOND HUMAN UNDERSTANDING | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Project Syndicate article, in which Peter Singer explores whether we are responsible for our choices, or whether everything is determined by factors beyond our control.

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FREE WILL VS. DETERMINISM | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Sapiens article, discussing the purpose and importance of calculating how many different languages are spoken by cultures throughout the world.

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EXPLORING THE ETHNOLOGUE | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a BBC Future article, looking at the challenges of translating words and terms related to climate change, and the consequences of getting this wrong.

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A mini-lesson based on a Conversation article, which argues that the ‘words of the year’ (which we always feature in the TOK newsletter!) don’t tell us much about the state of the world.

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WORDS OF THE YEAR REVISITED | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Conversation article, warning texters that they should think twice before using shorthand like “thx” and “plz” to communicate with others.

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think interview with Robert MacFarlane, in which he discusses how language and perception shape our relationship with the natural world.

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THE LANGUAGE OF CONNECTION | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a BBC article, in which historians discuss the limitations of AI-powered animations showing the points-of-view of people waking up in different historical time periods.

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EVOCATIVE & SENSATIONAL? | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a long Guardian photo-essay, which discusses 28 images from the last 150 years that have fooled people “for political power, image control - or just for fun”.

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A mini-lesson based on a National WWII Museum (New Orleans) post, reporting on the news that John Hemingway - the last surviving battle of Britain pilot - has just died at the age of 105.

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think article, asserting that everyone - not just scientists and philosophers - should care more about the truth, and insist on its wider application.

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EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON IT | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on an Independent article, reporting on calls by former contestants, and some media outlets, to ban Israel from taking part in Eurovision 2025 due to events in Gaza.

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MUSIC VERSUS GEOPOLITICS | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think article, asserting that everyone - not just scientists and philosophers - should care more about the truth, and insist on its wider application.

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EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON IT | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think video, featuring the late Daniel Dennett discussing why philosophers should also have a comprehensive understanding of science.

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WHAT IF I’M WRONG? | TOK mini-lesson & knowledge journey

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A mini-lesson based on an amNY article, reporting on a new immersive exhibition in NYC that recreates the 7 Oct attack on the Israeli music festival.

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AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE | TOK mini-lesson & knowledge journey

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A mini-lesson based on a Vox interview with Laura Beers, in which she discusses how George Orwell is simultaneously well-known and completely misunderstood.

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THE FLOATING SIGNIFIER | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a DW article and accompanying videos, looking at how TikTok influencers often provide misleading and even dangerous health recommendations.

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A mini-lesson based on a BBC article, looking at the experiences of a man who has the first mind-reading chip in his brain, and how this has changed his life.

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INTERFACE  OR INVASION? | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on an AP article, reporting that Australia is set to be the first country in the world to implement a ban on teenagers accessing social media, and how this might work in practice.

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DESIGNATING RESPONSIBILITY | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a BBC article, considering why ‘Comrade Kamala’ has spread so quickly throughout the Latino community in the US.

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A mini-lesson based on a New Humanist article, exploring the effects on society of technology allowing us to retreat from the world - and why this is a problem.

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FRICTION VS. CONVENIENCE | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Conversation article, which explores the challenge of ensuring that scientific knowledge is both open and protected from those who may seek to appropriate it.

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THE FREE FLOW OF IDEAS | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on an ABC News article, exploring the decision by Mark Zuckerberg to remove fact-checking from Facebook, and permit more (according to your perspective) free/hate speech.

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FREE SPEECH IN SILICON VALLEY | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Conversation article, which argues that using genetics to justify mass deportations is an example of scientific racism, based on a misunderstanding of biology.

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BAD GENES, OR BAD BIOLOGY? | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Vox article, which weighs up arguments for and against the social media platform TikTok, to answer the question, ‘Has TikTok made us better or worse?’

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A CULTURAL FORCE FOR GOOD? | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a BBC article, reporting on the reaction by local indigenous people to the news that a British ‘explorer’ has claimed to become the first woman to cross their island solo.

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A mini-lesson based on a New Zealand Herald article, considering whether the sports shoe brand ‘Hoka’ should acknowledge the fact that it draws on the Maori language to label its products.

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TO FLY OVER  THE EARTH | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Guardian article, reporting on the fact that Jamie Oliver has apologised for the portrayal of indigenous Australians in his new book for children.

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LONGSTANDING STEREOTYPES | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Conversation article, revealing that the claim that 80% of the world’s biodiversity being under Indigenous stewardship is unsupported, and could harm the cause it is meant to support.

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A mini-lesson based on a BBC Future article, looking at the challenges of translating words and terms related to climate change, and the consequences of getting this wrong.

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A mini-lesson based on a Project Syndicate article, in which Peter Singer explores whether we are responsible for our choices, or whether everything is determined by factors beyond our control.

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FREE WILL VS. DETERMINISM | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a BBC article, looking at the experiences of a man who has the first mind-reading chip in his brain, and how this has changed his life.

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INTERFACE  OR INVASION? | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a BBC article, looking at the experiences of a man who has the first mind-reading chip in his brain, and how this has changed his life.

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INTERFACE  OR INVASION? | TOK mini-lesson

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A mini-lesson based on a Big Think article, considering when you should - and shouldn’t - try to change your friends’ beliefs, particularly ones that aren’t supported by scientific evidence.

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OUR MORAL RESPONSIBILITY? | TOK mini-lesson

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How many online definitions can you find for ‘responsibility’?

Which one do you think best sums up this concept, and why?

Which of the quotes below do you think provides us with the best insight into responsibility? Are there any you disagree with?

Do we have responsibilities when it comes to finding out about the world, and using knowledge?

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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw

We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. Richard P. Feynman

There's a power in what we hold as artists, and part of that comes with responsibility... to share the human experience and really allow that to be seen. Tracee Ellis Ross

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility. Philip Pullman

People are often quite lazy. We like taking the easy way out - we like handing over responsibility, we like being offered shortcuts that mean we don't have to think. Hannah Fry

In general I think that in art you only have the responsibility to tell the truth. Ken Loach

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Is it our responsibility only to make claims about which we are certain?

Do we all have a responsibility to search for the truth about the world?

Who has responsibility for the way knowledge is interpreted?

Is it our responsibility to justify all the claims we make?

Do we have a responsibility to approach knowledge objectively?

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Do certain areas of knowledge carry with them more responsibilities than others?

How should we use language responsibly to communicate ideas?

Do members of indigenous societies have a clearer idea of their responsibilities as knowers?

Do we have a responsibility to overcome our political and religious affiliations when we produce knowledge?

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Relating responsibility to the exhibition

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Relating responsibility to the exhibition

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Prompt 15: Think about our responsibilities to adhere to constraints on the pursuit of knowledge

Prompt 16: Think about our responsibilities to identify ethically questionable methods of producing knowledge

Prompt 22: Think about extra responsibilities that come with being expert knowers

Prompt 27: Think about our responsibilities to be aware of any ethical obligations that come with the possession of knowledge