Author: DPstaff
Moderation Is Different From Censorship
Scott Alexander in Astral Codex Ten: This is a point I keep seeing people miss…
Are Trees Talking Underground? For Scientists, It’s in Dispute.
From Ted Lasso to TED Talks, the theory of the “wood-wide web” is everywhere, and…
How Killing Sparrows Led to Great Famines in China (VIDEO)
In 1958, Mao Zedong ordered all the sparrows to be killed because they ate too…
Why Aesthetic Value Should Take Priority Over Moral Value
Aesthetic value is a catch-all term that encompasses the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the…
Rana Begum’s Public Artwork: Interplay of light, form, nature, architecture
The ambitious, site-specific installations No.1187 Mesh and No. 1193 Mesh by Rana Begum (born 1977…
ماو زے تنگ لانگ مارچ | Mao Tse Tung Long March
( یاسر رضا کی تحریر ) سولہ اکتوبر 1934 کو ماؤ زے تنگ اور ان…
DesPardes Report: Oct 2022 As the World Turns…
Iran to hold public trials for 2,000 detained in protests… Netanyahu Aims Comeback… Developing… UPDATE:…
Math behind the image (or the face behind the mask)
GHULAM MUSTAFA: At the time of this writing, there are about 6 billion smart phones…
Elections in US & Brazil; COP27 & G20
Ahead of midterm elections in the US that are expected to tip the balance of…
Birds and Us
Excerpts from Jesse Russell’s book review at The Hedgehog Review: In his recent work Birds…
The Roots of War
Chris Blattman in the Boston Review: The globe is a patchwork of rival territories. Controlling…