The Structure of Enclosure The enclosure of the English commons in the eighteenth century followed a predictable pattern. Land that had been worked collectively—grazed, gleaned, gathered—was reclassified through legal mechanism […]
It was premature to declare the world disenchanted. Max Weber announced the death of magic a century ago, and for a time it seemed he was right. The gods retreated […]
This article first appeared on University World News on 21 January 2026. If the university had a ‘Like’ button, it would be a small confession of defeat. A button is […]
The discourse surrounding universities and artificial intelligence has coalesced around a seemingly robust concept: “AI sovereignty.” As articulated in recent analyses and presented by the University World News, this involves […]
Universities are treating AI as a crisis of cheating, when it’s really a crisis of assessment. The essay was never the learning itself, just a convenient proxy for it—and that […]
AI isn’t replacing education—it’s forcing education to become authentically human for the first time. By handling all the mechanical parts of learning, AI reveals a profound paradox: the very human […]
