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Hundreds of students and academics from around the world have expressed outrage after   St   Andrews   University   refused to renew the contract of the only female   professor   at its Institute for   Gender   Studies . More than 1,000 students and academics have signed a petition condemning the decision by  St   Andrews  to part company with  Alison   Kerr . They say that  Kerr , an American philosopher who is director of the institute, is crucial to the department and its credibility. The course will now be taught by two  men  who, critics say, do not have a background in the subject. The campaign, Stand with  Alison , has attracted support from academics worldwide. Elinor Mason, a  professor  at the  University  of California, Santa Barbara, said: "I want to stress how valuable this programme is, and what a shame it would be to squander all the work that  Kerr  has put ...

These are addictive: twitter, facebook, instagram: they are weaponised. You have social statisticians and scientists and researchers and people in lab coats literally best minds of our generations figuring out how to addict you to the news. And if you fall for it, if you get addicted, your brain will get destroyed. This is the modern struggle.  The ancient struggle used to be the tribal struggle: you had your tribe of friends and family, you had your religion, you had your country, you had your loyalty and your nationality. At least you had meaning and support.  Modern life was so free that everything became atomised: you stand alone, you live in our apartment alone, you live in your house alone, your parents don't live nearby, your friends don't live nearby, you dont have any tribal meaning, you don't believe in religion anymore, you don't believe in country anymore. it's fine, you got a lot of freedom.  But now, when they come to attack you, you're alone and y...