Who Are We?

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Kritikos Institute is an initiative by academics, journalists, artists, and visionaries who bring to the fore the nuanced, hidden, and involuntary mechanisms by which intellectual freedom and democratic debate are undermined.

Against the backdrop of an evolving AI-driven future, we examine, expose, and discuss how intellectual and political freedoms in public and individual life are subverted and manipulated.

We believe we need to broaden and open the traditional research base to allow for more diverse voices, and that formal education is no prerequisite to being an expert.

We explore our cognitive states, political rationales, and social realities that inform our intellectual minds and shape our decisions about what is real, true, meaningful, and vital to human and social life.

Our Mission

We want to create a space where bold minds can repurpose their voice and become active democratic agents.

Truth-seeking beyond the credentialed expert class