The price of freedom

What we lost and what we're still losing

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Perspective Media
October 26, 2025

THIS WEEK’S DEEP DIVE
Freedumb, you say?
BY GABRIELLE BAUER

Gabrielle Bauer’s pandemic-era awakening to the fragility of freedom leads her to examine how civil liberties became a source of mockery and contempt during COVID-19. She reflects on censorship, public health measures and why freedom needs defending.

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The Interview: Shami Chakrabarti

In conversation with barrister Sam Fowles, human rights champion Shami Chakrabarti explores how “freedom” is twisted to justify oppression, tracing her journey from government lawyer to civil liberties defender and examining threats from the war on terror to AI surveillance.

www.perspectivemedia.com/shami-chakrabarti

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Freedom isn't just freedom for the wolf to do what it likes to the lambs

Hold the blank page

From the blank page to simulation theory, Mic Wright explores how our supposed freedoms are constrained by everything from social expectations to smartphones, questioning whether true freedom is possible or even desirable.

www.perspectivemedia.com/hold-the-blank-page

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We prefer to feel we’re free than to accept we’re often caged by habit and convenience

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