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Humanity - Evolving or Devolving?

Thu 24 Jul - Thu 25 Sep 2025

10 Weeks

WEA Sydney

Christopher Puplick , Nazrul Islam , Sonya Thompson , Sandy Killick , Michael Taylor , Michael Pyne , Dominique Millar

When	Where
Thu 24 Jul 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 31 Jul 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 7 Aug 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 14 Aug 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 21 Aug 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 28 Aug 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 4 Sep 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 11 Sep 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 18 Sep 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 25 Sep 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney

Is humanity on the road to betterment or to self-destruction? We take a look at evidence from the past and the present, and from cultural and societal examples both real and imagined as we explore this existential question. Each week offers a different perspective from a different tutor. Join us on the road of discovery.

DELIVERY MODE

Face-to-Face

COURSE OUTLINE

Snakes and Ladders (Chris Puplick)
The Dialect Between the Civilizational State and the Modern State in Understanding Human Freedom (Nazrul Islam)
Does Humanity Have a Dystopian Destiny? (Sonya Thompson)
“The War to End All Wars” – Will Humanity Ever Learn? (Sandy Killick)
Individualism to Collectivism – Are We Evolving or Devolving (Sandy Killick)
Democracy – Is It a Failed Attempt at Evolution? (Michael Pyne)
Responses to Darwinism – Social, Political and Religious (Michael Taylor)
Are Computers Making Us Stupid? (Sonya Thompson)
The Evolution of Evolution – The History of an Idea (Michael Taylor)
The Visual Arts and the Fallacy of Cultural Progress (Dominique Millar)

WEA Sydney

72 Bathurst Street

Sydney 2000

Sessions

When	Where
Thu 24 Jul 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 31 Jul 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 7 Aug 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 14 Aug 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 21 Aug 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 28 Aug 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 4 Sep 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 11 Sep 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 18 Sep 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 25 Sep 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+10:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney