Alex McTaggart
@alexmctaggart.bsky.social
I am a teacher and scholar of leadership and Human Futures. My work explores how AI, screens, and acceleration reshape childhood, education, and power. I write philosophically about stewardship, care, and how to remain human in algorithmic systems.
Fourteen years ago, teaching primary performing arts, I noticed something quietly troubling: children struggling to listen, imagine, be with one another. Screens weren’t just distracting them: they were reshaping becoming. Years later, AI made the pattern legible. The paper is now in AI & Society.
Ontological capture: AI, childhood, and the algorithmic governance of becoming - AI & SOCIETY
This article interrogates how algorithmic infrastructures and AI reshape social life through childhood, civic identity, and education. Drawing on Anders’ account of Promethean shame, Baudrillard’s not...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Fourteen years ago, teaching primary performing arts, I noticed something quietly troubling: children struggling to listen, imagine, be with one another. Screens weren’t just distracting them: they were reshaping becoming. Years later, AI made the pattern legible. The paper is now in AI & Society.
The magpies... how neoliberalism corrupts, and lure of shiny things as hiring strategy in academia.
The Magpies
How Neoliberalism corrupts - and the surrender of common sense to shiny things
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June 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The magpies... how neoliberalism corrupts, and lure of shiny things as hiring strategy in academia.
Let's address the problem of a de-intellectualised field - shall we?
#Education #Educationalleadership
#Education #Educationalleadership
Rhizomatic Leadership
Deleuze, Guattari, and the Future of Education
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June 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Let's address the problem of a de-intellectualised field - shall we?
#Education #Educationalleadership
#Education #Educationalleadership
What if the world runs not on money, but on love?
Naive... silly... romantic...
But what if it does?
Drawing on the brilliant work of Kathleen Lynch read more on Substack | Listen on podcast | Share if you agree: Education is love made visible.
Naive... silly... romantic...
But what if it does?
Drawing on the brilliant work of Kathleen Lynch read more on Substack | Listen on podcast | Share if you agree: Education is love made visible.
Love Labour and the Ethics of Leadership
Reclaiming Care in the Age of AI
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June 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
What if the world runs not on money, but on love?
Naive... silly... romantic...
But what if it does?
Drawing on the brilliant work of Kathleen Lynch read more on Substack | Listen on podcast | Share if you agree: Education is love made visible.
Naive... silly... romantic...
But what if it does?
Drawing on the brilliant work of Kathleen Lynch read more on Substack | Listen on podcast | Share if you agree: Education is love made visible.
Is education neutral? What has it been up to in the last few decades, and what has that done to you... and your children... and the world?
Get it here, while its hot.....
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Get it here, while its hot.....
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Reckoning with Power
Comparative Education, Historic Blocs, and Regenerative Futures
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June 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Is education neutral? What has it been up to in the last few decades, and what has that done to you... and your children... and the world?
Get it here, while its hot.....
open.substack.com/pub/alexmcta...
Get it here, while its hot.....
open.substack.com/pub/alexmcta...
If you read anything this week - read this: The Future Was Always Behind Us open.substack.com/pub/alexmcta...
The Future Was Always Behind Us
Koselleck, Enlightenment, and the Temporal Struggle in Education
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June 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
If you read anything this week - read this: The Future Was Always Behind Us open.substack.com/pub/alexmcta...