Festival of Dangerous Ideas
festival dangerous idea fodi australia original disruptive festival encourages debate critical thinking cofounded ethic centre formerly known st james ethic centre held sydney australia festival presented sydney opera house eight year created festival aimed bring leading thinker culture creator around australia world discus debate important issue inaugural event festival opening address given atheism advocate christopher hitchens topic religion poison everything countered australian roman catholic cardinal george pell session titled without god nothing participant participant participant participant participant festival criticised due link st james ethic centre company profit mandatory indefinite detention asylum seeker participant seventh festival dangerous idea made solo session panel featuring speaker tariq ali naomi klein peter greste gabriella coleman sarai walker ac grayling marc lewis paul krugman laurie penny jon ronson eric schlosser gideon raff first time fodi melbourne also took place part melbourne writer festival participant festival dangerous idea held sydney opera house final time featured speaker jesse bering andrew bolt molly crabapple alicia garza black life matter henry rollins black flag lionel shriver participant sydney opera house announced longer presenting festival dangerous idea announced antidote festival art idea action featuring speaker janet mock reni eddolodge tamika mallory womens march washington micah white occupy wall street artist noemi lakmaier anne collod kaleider festival dangerous idea independently presented ethic centre cockatoo island featured two day discussion internet subculture fascism privacy lsd addition special event sydney town hall stephen fry speaker included niall ferguson pankaj mishra megan phelpsroper zeynup tufecki seth stephensdavidowitz ayelet waldman germaine greer toby walsh nikki goldstein xanthé mallett festival also saw inaugural festival dangerous art included artist betty grumble garth knight riley harmon participant australia original provocative idea festival set return th festival set held sydney town hall themed around dangerous reality march festival cancelled due coronavirus pandemic nsw minister health issued ban nonessential public gathering people may festival launched fodi digital speaker included kevin rudd daisy jeffrey david sinclair eleanor gordonsmith stan grant tim soutphommasane second series fodi digital conversation launched september featuring edward snowden marcia langton david wallacewells festival dangerous idea returned live person carriageworks presented ethic centre occurring two day september program featured speaker artist including international guest discussion authoritarianism social network politics artificial intelligence algorithm gender enlightenment speaker included france haugen steven pinker jacqui lambie kevin roose alok vaidmenon adam tooze ruth benghiat badiucao lineup also offered range art experience including scott campbell whole glory counterpilot leg wall participant february fodi released bold new podcast fodi inbetween audio time capsule recording moment inbetween two era eight conversation world’s biggest thinker guest speaker including stephen fry roxane gay waleed aly peter singer slavoj žižek naomi klein fodi inbetween tackle big issue world future climate change global politics artificial intelligence truth social medium official website youtube channel soh festival dangerous idea sydney morning herald september audio coverage bbcs forum october garry maddox smh steph harmon guardian australia