What We Owe the Future
Scott Alexander in Astral Codex Ten: If the point of publishing a book is to have a public relations campaign, Will MacAskill is the greatest English writer since Shakespeare. He
Nayyara Noor Renders Faiz Poem on Former East Pakistan (Video)
Nayyara Noor renders her voice with music to the poem written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz after his visit to Bangladesh (former East Pakistan) in 1974, and captured the feelings, having
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CONVERSATION: Pakistan a ‘Soft State With a Very Strong Society’
“Pakistan required strong rule of law and stronger institutions” Pakistan is a land of opportunities with an unprecedented talent pool to rise and emerge as one of the most developed
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Inequality, Justice, and Economics
by Raji Jayaraman in 3QuarksDaily: In the last two decades the topic of inequality has entered the public discourse across a broad spectrum of issues, with an urgency that is
UPDATE on Imran Khan: Slapped With ‘Terrorism Charges’
IRSHAD SALIM — The United Nations (UN) chief has called for an independent and impartial legal process for former PM Imran Khan who has been charged with anti-state rhetoric. Stéphane
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Longtermism: The New Moral Mathematics
In his new book, philosopher William MacAskill implies that humanity’s long-term survival matters more than preventing short-term suffering and death. “His arguments are shaky.” Kieran Setiya in the Boston Review:
Anywhere But Here: Where Did the Pandemic Start?
Jon Cohen in Science: When Alice Hughes downloaded a preprint from the server Research Square in September 2021, she could hardly believe her eyes. The study described a massive effort to survey
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The Idiots, Tribes People, the Citizen Personalities (Video)
Watch and listen to Dr. Kethoser Kevichusa (of Nagaland, India) discuss how the Greeks looked at the society in general: the idiot, the tribes people, and the citizen personalities. “Unfortunately,
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CONVERSATION: Western Hegemony is Nearing its End
UPDATED: The French President’s recent internal speech “foretells the future events that are likely to take place,” a WhatsApp share says. “The opinions expressed are entirely those of the current
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Kids R Us: Pakistan Zindabad at a Coaching Center (Video)
IRSHAD SALIM: Visited a children’s soft skills coaching center in a Karachi suburb on Aug. 13, 2022. It was a back to school moments & memories thing with nostalgia. I
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COVID-19: Ye Hai Covid Meri Jan (Videos)
Select COVID-19 WhatsAppshares curated by Irshad Salim (Aug. 21, 2022)
IMAGINEERING: Undersea Restaurant in the Maldives, 3.5Km Long Goods Train in India, Pak-Made Football in Space (Video)
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