This Maverick Thinker Is the Karl Marx of Our Time
Karl Marx explained the 19th Century. Wolfgang Streeck, the German maverick thinker, is explaining the 21st. … Continue readingThis Maverick Thinker Is the Karl Marx of Our Time
Gandhi on 7 Social Sins, and a Manto Quote
Gandhi published the list in 1925. He also gave the list to his grandson, Arun Gandhi, on a piece of paper before his assassination. … Continue readingGandhi on 7 Social Sins, and a Manto Quote
Becoming Lula
Lula, a new biography of Brazil’s current third-term president, describes the tension on the morning of April 7, 2018. … Continue readingBecoming Lula
How to Excape From a Maze
Assume you know nothing about the First World War, but had heard the name and wish to learn about it. Reasonably, you turn to… … Continue readingHow to Excape From a Maze
New Era: Social Media Platforms and AI Challenging Mainstream Narrative
“The media is not all about state-of-the-art technology and the use of AI, but about the content,” says Khaled Almaeena in a panel discussion. Almaeena is the former Editor-in-Chief of
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I Said No to $20,000 Because Writers Must Take a Moral Stand on AI
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
Should India Speak a Single Language?
The Indian government wants more than a billion people to embrace Hindi. One scholar thinks that would be a loss.
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Paul Rulkens: Why the Majority is Always Wrong
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
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What Does Democracy Look Like?
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?
The Surprising Benefits of Talking Out Loud to Yourself
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
Ayad Akhtar Wants Writers to Reckon with AI
McNeal, the new play by Ayad Akhtar, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Disgraced, focuses on an egocentric, self-destructive… … Continue readingAyad Akhtar Wants Writers to Reckon with AI
America and the World
(T)he period between the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, and the election of Donald Trump exactly thirty-five years later comes to constitute an ‘era’… … Continue readingAmerica and the World