Author: DPstaff
How Our Gesticulations Convey Meaning
The gesticulations that accompany your speech are so much more than mere hand-waving – they contain and convey meaning.
Wednesday Poem: Unveiling the Facade
Beneath the layers, a mask I wore,Hiding truths I couldn’t ignore.In public’s eye, I played…
Do Animals Know That They Will Die?
Brad Wilson of The Atlantic: In a discipline that is small but has literature dating…
A Mystery in the Shape of a Book
Philip Graham in The Millions: On a gravel road outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming, I stood…
Einstein’s Open Fly
by Irshad Salim, Karachi: I’ve observed that my contacts on WhatsApp generally have a shorter…
A History of Prejudice
David Feldman in The Ideas Letter: Over the last 100 years, the struggle against antisemitism…
Memoir: The Crooked Tour Guide of Sharran
by Habib Khan, Quetta: The decline in tourism in Pakistan is often blamed on unstable…
What Happened When Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Went to Dhaka After the Formation of Bangladesh
From Aaj TV Official on YouTube: Some talking points and perspective of renowned Pakistani intellectual,…
Meet the Editor Who Turned Himself Into an AI News Anchor
Alex Kantrowitz at Big Technology: The AI version of Elihay Vidal looks a lot like…
How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia
Joya Chatterji at Literary Hub: I was seven years old during the 1971 war between…
Review of “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI” by Yuval Noah Harari
The author of the bestselling Sapiens offers a penetrating critique of the insidious dangers of machine learning and its capacity to manipulate the truth.