Author: DPstaff
Maniza Naqvi on Saving Karachi’s Oldest Bookstore
Maniza Naqvi at Literary Hub: Back in December 2016, I was sitting in my office…
The Public Sector Will Look Very Different in the Next Several Years
Demographic shifts will shape tomorrow’s public sector as the global population is aging, and Gen…
‘Organising is the Best Kind of Antidepressant’
The activists, who first met at Occupy Wall Street in 2011, talk about the limits…
Does AI Understand Things?
Have Large Language Models (LLMs) demonstrated “theory of mind”?; Do LLM representations map onto the…
Parties and Movements
A roundtable discussion on the challenges that left-wing political formations face around the world. Sheri…
8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story
They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most…
Imagine Bangladesh in the Year 2050
The people of Bangladesh have much to teach us about how a crowded planet can…
Tales From an Attic
Sierra Bellows in The American Scholar: In February 1995, New York Governor George Pataki announced…
Resolutions and Realities: Between 1940 and 2024
Minority becomes majority Javed Jabbar at Dawn: In 2024, as in 1940, we, too, have…
The Indian Giant Has Arrived
Mohamed A. El-Erian and Nobel-winner Michael Spence at Project Syndicate: India’s recent economic success, solid…
Radioactive Waste, Baby Bottles and Spam: the Deep Ocean has Become a Dumping Ground
James Bradley in The Guardian: The first hydrothermal vent was found in 1977 by scientists…
Téa Obreht’s New Climate Novel, ‘The Morningside’
Originally from the former Yugoslavia, Obreht now resides in Wyoming. “The Morningside” takes place in…