The Violent Origins of Political Societies
Niccolò Machiavelli’s profound insights about the violent origins of political societies help us understand the world today Essay by David Polansky in Aeon: Niccolò Machiavelli is better known for his
PEW Survey: How Americans View 10 Major Issues
President Joe Biden is delivering his third State of the Union address tonight, his last before the 2024 election. Here’s a look at public opinion on some of the key
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How You Can Easily Delay Climate Change Today: SO2 Injection
Tomas Pueyo in Uncharted Territories: In We Can Already Stop Climate Change If We Want To, I explained that we have a path to solve climate change (renewables, nuclear, batteries, olivine
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‘Guernica’ in Gaza
The town of Guernica in northern Spain was heavily bombed during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. The bombing had a great impact on people all over the world, including
Dr. Abdul Samad Baloch | ڈاکٹر عبدالصمد بلوچ
Dr Yarjan Abdul Samad, PhD is a Senior Research Scientist and a Teaching Fellow at Cambridge Graphene Centre, The Department of Engineering at The University of Cambridge. He is the
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Lessons From the Past on How to Beat Disinformation
The story of the British man who tricked Nazi Germany: Sefton Delmer took on Hitler’s information machine -his story offers valuable insights into the fight against the rise of authoritarianism.
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Was Trump’s Nomination Always Inevitable?
As recently as a year ago, less than half of Republican voters named Trump as their preferred candidate. A year later, the rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is
What to Do About the Coming Economic Uncertainty Due to AI
The economic uncertainty posed by AI is likely to come very fast and is not well-understood or easily predictable, at least in any detailed manner. But it is quite predictable
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How to Enjoy Your Problems
Accepting your problems is one thing. To enjoy them? Well, that’s pretty much enlightenment. Chelsea Harvey Garner in Psyche: As a therapist, I’ve found that so much of what I
How Money Laundering Works
Money laundering is basically just deleting your money’s search history. Of course, one has to first get large amounts of illegally acquired money before thinking about laundering it! by Delena
‘Artificial Intelligence’ is Neither Artificial Nor Intelligent
by Joseph Shieber: Discussions of artificial intelligence are hard to avoid. A recent Pew study, for example, found that 90% of Americans have heard at least something about artificial intelligence
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Political Correctness: How The Few Try To Rule Over The Many
Real democracy is not just about the rule of the majority, but the rule of rights…There isn’t really a difference in kind in what the dictators and political activist mobs
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