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And yet so many others said yes. It began earlier this year, when someone I respect and like reached out to me. Their offer? … Continue readingI Said No to $20,000 Because Writers Must Take a Moral Stand on AI
The Indian government wants more than a billion people to embrace Hindi. One scholar thinks that would be a loss.
… Continue readingShould India Speak a Single Language?
Paul Rulkens is an expert in achieving big goals in the easiest, fastest and most elegant way possible. Originally trained as a chemical engineer, he has moved his focus to
Continue readingPaul Rulkens: Why the Majority is Always Wrong
The beetle still stares from the riding moon, the ship of death stands motionless on frozen waves: I hear the silence of early morning rise from the rocks. … Continue readingPoem: Dawn
And the last of the species, Martha, named for Martha Washington, dies in a cage in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo. … Continue readingA Brief History of the Passenger Pigeon
Though there had been 600 years of dramatic change before 1750, these changes did not increase the standard of living of ordinary citizen of England. … Continue readingReckoning With Growth
Lee Alan Dugatkin in The Guardian: Standing before the Royal Society of Medicine in London on 22 June 1972, the ecologist turned psychologist John Bumpass Calhoun, the director of the
by Andrew Dean at Singularity Hub: Here are some lines Sylvia Plath never wrote: The air is thick with tension,My mind is a tangled mess,The weight of my emotionsIs heavy
“We’re for American workers who want to build a life in their homes with dignified jobs and raise the families supported by those dignified jobs.” … Continue readingEconomic Populism: Republicans For Labor
That we associate democracy with political demonstration is no surprise. After all, democracy is the rule of the people, and… … Continue readingWhat Does Democracy Look Like?
A real-life sci-fi scenario unfolded in Shanghai, China, when a small AI-powered robot managed to… … Continue readingFactory Robot Convinces 12 Other Robots to Go on Strike
Why people talk out loud to themselves is to deal with “situations that are novel or highly stressful, or… … Continue readingThe Surprising Benefits of Talking Out Loud to Yourself