The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #676

Charlie Downes and Josh discuss the recently published report from the UN suggesting 90% of the world are sexist, addressing the question how responsible America is for wokeness and our increasing march into a technological dystopia.

Reading List

• Announcements
  

  Pride Month and What Is a Woman?

  John Tangney

  SocietyPublished 14th June, 2023

  

  PREMIUM: Symposium #18 | Debating Classical Liberalism

  Stelios Panagiotou, Carl Benjamin & Lotus Eater

  SymposiumPublished 11th May, 2023

  

  PREMIUM: Hangout #28 | Our Cyberpunk Dystopia: Part IV

  Carl Benjamin, Lotus Eater, Jonathan Wong & Vicki Cartner

  HangoutsPublished 12th January, 2023

• UN: “90% of men are sexist”
  

  Pride Month and What Is a Woman?

  John Tangney

  SocietyPublished 14th June, 2023

  • Gender biases not improved over past decade, U.N. says - Reuters 

  • No progress on biases against women in a decade: UN report - Aljazeera - Twitter 

  • A Decade of Stagnation: New UNDP data shows gender biases remain entrenched - UNDP

  • Almost 90% of Men/Women Globally Are Biassed Against Women - UNDP

  • Questions - CDN

  • How respondents answered the questions - CDN

  • UK data - CDN 

  • US - CDN

  • Ethiopia - CDN

  • Sweden - CDN

  • Venezuela - CDN

  • Japan - CDN

  • Hate speech is rising around the world - UN

• The America Question
  

  PREMIUM: Symposium #18 | Debating Classical Liberalism

  Stelios Panagiotou, Carl Benjamin & Lotus Eater

  SymposiumPublished 11th May, 2023

  • “A nation of pride” - Charlie Downes - Twitter 

  • White House pride flags - Breitbart 

  •  Biden corruption - The Post Millennial 

  •  The GAE - Forbidden Texts 

  • Regent Street pride flags - Carl Benjamin - Twitter 

  • The Redheaded Libertarian Nazi flags - The Redheaded Libertarian - Twitter 

  • The economic competition - Jeo Biden - Twitter

• Our Dystopian Future
  

  PREMIUM: Hangout #28 | Our Cyberpunk Dystopia: Part IV

  Carl Benjamin, Lotus Eater, Jonathan Wong & Vicki Cartner

  HangoutsPublished 12th January, 2023

  • ‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in prison medical center, AP sources say - AP News 

  • Amazon renders man's smart home system unusable after delivery driver alleges he heard racist remarks via the doorbell - The Post Millennial 

  • Dystopia: EU and WHO Sign Global Vaccine Passport Deal - The European Conservative 

  • Aldi QR code entry shop - FtheWEF - Twitter 

  • Connor’s commentary on it - Connor Tomlinson - Twitter 

  • The government will BAN Buy One Get One Free deals despite analysis showing it will reduce calorie consumption by just 2.5% - Politics UK 

  • Rishi Sunak is accused of ‘nannying nonsense’ by his own backbenchers after pressing ahead with plans to outlaw ‘buy one get one free’ deals on unhealthy food despite the cost of living crisis - The Daily Mail 

  • Knife dealers licence (Scotland) - .gov

  • Ice cream vans set to be banned from another 33 streets in London - Metro

  • Man, 44, denies smashing up Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ cameras while another suspect, 42, fails to show up to court for the same offence - The Daily Mail 

  • ‘Dystopian’ surveillance ‘disproportionately targets young, female and minority workers’ - The Guardian 

  •  UK Ministry of Defence has signed a deal with Google to use their artificial intelligence - Disclose - Twitter 

  • Synthetic human embryos made without eggs or sperm have been created in a "scientific breakthrough." - Disclose - Twitter