How to Disagree Without Compromise
A Podcast at Wisdom of Crowds: Many attempts have been made to deal with polarization. A lot of it has to do with putting people with diverging perspectives face-to-face in
Friday Poem: Reflections by Javed Ansari
Droplets of meditation brim forth,the cauldron boils perpetually —through the tedium of life.The etched screen is myself and on itmy rebellious spirit flits unsatiated, unquenchedsomewhere on the borders of a
An Essay: Nero’s Violin
By Judson Vereen at Poetic Outlaws: It was sometime in the evening and I was downstairs in the basement with my father. He was polishing wood. I was painting. I
Sit-ins on Company Dime: Google Fires 28
Liz Wolfe at Reason: Yesterday, Google fired 28 of its workers after employees held sit-ins to protest the company’s contracts with the Israeli government. The employees were part of a
‘Putin Is My Enemy.’ The Revolution of Yulia Navalnaya
Simon Schuster in Time: In Russian custom, the soul of the dead is believed to remain on earth for forty days, finishing its business among the living before it moves on
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Whoever Wants World Peace Should Shun War Economy, and War Trade
by Chinese writer Chua Qinling published in March 2023: The biggest threat to the United States of America is not China, but peace. World peace will put an end to
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson, the #1 NY Times Bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k and Everything Is F**ked: A Book About Hope–he writes life advice that is
Exploding Stars Are Rare—but if One Was Close Enough, It Could Threaten Life on Earth
Johannes Kepler observed the last supernova in the Milky Way in 1604, so in a statistical sense, the next one is overdue. Chris Impey at Singlarity Hub: Stars like the
Thursday Poem: ‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you?Why are you
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Annie Jacobsen: ‘What if We Had a Nuclear War?’
Annie Jacobsen in New Scientist: As an investigative journalist, I write about war, weapons, national security and government secrets. I’ve previously written six books about US military and intelligence programs
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How Do Machines ‘Grok’ Data?
Anil Ananthaswamy in Quanta: In January 2022, researchers at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, reported that these systems, when accidentally allowed to munch on data for much longer than usual, developed unique
Traveling At The Speed Of The Soul
Nick Hunt in Noema: Returning home after being away for any length of time is strange. The Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta, who journeyed 70,000 miles across much of the 14th-century Islamic