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The belief that nation-states can strengthen their security by keeping critical, futuristic technology secret was dispelled quickly in the Cold War. … Continue readingWhat Would an AI Treaty Between Countries Look Like?
For Max Weber, only the most heroic figures could generate meaning in the world. Does his theory hold up today? … Continue readingThe Professor and the Politician
Social scientists cling to simple models of reality – with disastrous results. Instead they must embrace chaos theory. … Continue readingWhy Social Scientists Must Embrace Chaos Theory
The problem is that investment is driven by profit, not price, and operating solar and wind farms remains a marginal business… … Continue readingWhy Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet
Their skill as warriors, their financial acumen, and the legends of their hidden riches continue to captivate imaginations worldwide. … Continue readingKnights Templar: The Powerful Military Order During the Crusades
The fourth connection might be responsible for half of the world’s creativity… … Continue readingFour Connections Between Emily Dickinson and Franz Kafka
A top GOP talking point of this election is that Democrats are rigging the vote through illegal immigration. Is there any truth to it? … Continue readingIs There Really a Plot to Use Migrants to Turn America Blue?
For all the promise and dangers of AI, computers plainly can’t think. To think is to resist – something no machine does. … Continue readingComputers Don’t Actually Do Anything. They Don’t Write, or Play; They Don’t Even Compute.
Umair Javed in Dawn: (T)his amendment carries the element of being person-specific, at least in the current moment. … Continue reading26th Amendment: Drafted Elsewhere, Deliberated by a Select Few, Passed in Supreme Haste
“From the peaks of the hills to the shores of the sea, In the heart of every Sindhi, it’s love we see,” (Watch video song also). … Continue readingOh, Sindh: A Poem By Murad Ali Shah Bukerai (Video)
‘The Germans have a phrase for the sense of panic many of us feel when a goal is within our reach: Torschlusspanik’. … Continue readingTracy Calder on Why We Need to Keep Dreaming
Javed Rahman: I will go back to that land again. The place where I was born. Away from this foreign strand. To the land whose loyalty I have sworn. … Continue readingPoem: My Motherland is That Place