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For Álvaro Enrigue, a novelist fascinated with historical detail, the first meeting of the Aztecs and Spanish conquistadors is the obsession of a lifetime. He brings it to life in
Continue reading‘Clash of Empires’, ‘Clash of Civilizations’…and a Comment on ‘History’ Video
Andy Clark in Time Magazine: Generative AI—think Dall.E, ChatGPT-4, and many more—is all the rage. It’s remarkable successes, and occasional catastrophic failures, have kick-started important debates about both the scope and dangers
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The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli review – a tsar is born: The imagined life story of a shadowy Kremlin insider offers a chilling perspective on Putin’s
Arjun Sharma in Undark: IN THE 1960s and 1970s, researchers offered financial incentives to patients to get them to lose weight, quit smoking, and abstain from alcohol. To some degree, it worked. But
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Jim Sleeper in Washington Monthly: Berkowitz’s must-read essay argues that the nature of war itself has changed enough that massive militaries are useless and that war itself is unwinnable by any “side.”
Continue readingWhen War Loses Its Power, ‘We Must Have a New Concept of the State’
Says South Africa Case is “Distorted”: A legal hearing into the war in Gaza opens in The Hague on Thursday as the international court of justice (ICJ) hears arguments alleging
Continue readingGaza Genocide: Israel In International Court of Justice Over (Video)
Some talking points on social media impact by Ms. Samina Waqar, an information & communication professional based in Islamabad. She’s also a senior member of the Back2School Forum -media has
Continue readingSociety is Changing. Social Norms are Changing. (Video)
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States By John ZubrzyckiHurst 337pp £25 order from bookshop Book Review ‘Midnight’s Playboys’ by Pratinav Anil in The Literary Review: ‘Unruly schoolboys,’ Lord Curzon
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As Houthis target commercial shipping relentlessly, the message to the US and Israel is clear By Zeeshan Ahmad in The Express Tribune: “Can’t say I didn’t warn you.” It’s a
by Raji Jayaraman: Vijay was the smartest kid in class. It was a small class, and we weren’t especially bright, but I don’t mean that he was smart in a
by Marcus Chown in New Scientist in 2004: “If intelligent life exists elsewhere in our galaxy, advances in computer processing power and radio telescope technology will ensure we detect their
by Thomas R. Wells: Americans dominate global (social) media and one result of this is that the rest of the world is overexposed to Americans’ ideas, and also to their
Continue readingAmericans Are Not As Poor As They Think They Are