Author: Conor Boyle

Law graduate Trinity College Dublin 2017; Editorial Lead at Intelligence Squared. All views expressed here are my own! If you'd like to write for The Conversation Room email: boylec4@tcd.ie

by Conor Boyle May 6, 2018 5

Articles mental health

Selfie: How We Became So Self Obsessed

We live in strange times. A generation of selfies and self harm. We create edited online personas of people seeminglyContinue Reading

by Conor Boyle April 28, 2018 5

Europe

There is No Anti-Elite

“If you believe you are a citizen of the world you are a citizen of nowhere” Theresa May condescendinglyContinue Reading

by Conor Boyle March 5, 2018 16

politics

Why Universities Are Just A Corporate Conveyor Belt

A Career Fair is a microcosm. A dizzying snapshot into the absurd world of work. Fake smiles, branded ‘gifts’ and theContinue Reading

by Conor Boyle February 17, 2018 4

blockchain

How Cryptocurrencies Are Building A New Internet

Author: Henry Benjamin of SkyCoin At present, no one knows how the FCC plan to roll out theirContinue Reading

by Conor Boyle December 13, 2017 12

Articles politics

Why Satire Isn’t Funny

It’s often promulgated that satire is the great weapon of the powerless against the powerful. Nothing can send the unhingedContinue Reading

by Conor Boyle December 11, 2017 4

Articles Women's Empowerment

Empowered Woman? Who is She?

Author: Khadija Begum I was at a local film fest earlier this week that was screening movies by amateur filmContinue Reading

by Conor Boyle December 3, 2017 3

Articles Uncategorized

Fast Food News And Information Obesity

Article was originally published on the Iras Global Observer as part of a new collaboration project between their site and TheContinue Reading