Saturday Poem: The Double Image Redux
Turn the photo of your mother in its frameso she can’t tsk her tongue against her teeth:the cold eyes will follow you just the same— a trick of perspective like Mona Lisa’s
World War War III May Already Have Started—in the Shadows
by J.D. Tuccille at Reason: Of course, in war of any sort, the implication is that both sides are involved in conflict. Western intelligence officials are loud in their warnings
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To Fight Inequality, America Needs to Rethink Its Economic Model
By Daniel Chandler at Time: The publication of Rawls’s magnum opus A Theory of Justice in 1971 marks a watershed moment in the history of political thought, drawing favourable comparisons
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The Place of Revenge in Jewish Culture
Shachar Pinsker at Aeon: Since 7 October 2023, nekama (‘vengeance’ or ‘revenge’ in Hebrew) has emerged as one of the key words in Israeli public life. We’ve heard discussion of
Gas From Iran
The Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline is of paramount importance for the rulers, as the lives and livelihoods of over 240 million Pakistanis are tied to this fuel–finding a solution is top
Game Theory Can Make AI More Correct and Efficient
Steve Nadis in Quanta: Imagine you had a friend who gave different answers to the same question, depending on how you asked it. “What’s the capital of Peru?” would get
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Friday Poem: Insult to Injury
I find an old air gunand a can of ammodown in the basementin a cardboard moving box,along with some other stuff,flotsam from previous lives.A teenager, a long-expiredme, used it to
Human ‘Bias’ and AI ‘Noise’
Human Differences in Judgment Lead to Problems for AI by Mayank Kejriwal at Singularity Hub: Many people understand the concept of bias at some intuitive level. In society, and in
This Week’s Best Cartoons
Election 2024; Incumbency; Media Polls; Debate; Pornstar…
‘Worse Than Iraq’
by Team Zeteo: The protests against Biden aren’t just happening outside the White House. They’ve also been happening within, as several Biden administration officials have publicly resigned over the support
How Digital Technologies in Indonesia are Bringing Inclusivity to 17,500 Islands
Eric Kutcher, a senior partner at McKinsey, talks to the leaders of two of Indonesia’s largest telecommunications providers—Ririek Adriansyah, president director of PT Telkom Indonesia Tbk (Telkom), and Vikram Sinha,
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Portrait of Artist Mansoora Hasan as a Young Woman
Dr. Azra Raza’s eloquent tribute to her beloved friend Mansoora Hasan, a Pakistani painter par excellence: “A glamorous, high-spirited, loving, vibrant, flamboyant, funny, fun-loving, gifted, talented, elegantly and unusually dressed
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