Tom van Laer tom.vanlaer@sydney.edu.au Follow @narratologic tom.vanlaer@sydney.edu.au Tom van Laer is an Associate Professor of Narratology at the University of Sydney. Most Recent Everything in Mecca gets 5 stars — and Online Reviews of Other Holy Sites are Wildly Inflated, Too Tom van Laer Latest Articles 1 The World Is Changing Faster Than Democracy Can Govern It by Michael Stuckey 2 Taiwan Is Building a Climate Future Without a Seat at the Table by Peng Chi-ming 3 Congress Could Hand China the AI Race by Trying to Win It by Jason Forrester 4 A Question of Toppings: Purity, Pineapple and Pizza by Binoy Kampmark 5 America Can Hurt Canada With Tariffs. It Can’t Escape the Damage. by Chika Onyeukwu
