Review of “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI” by Yuval Noah Harari
The author of the bestselling Sapiens offers a penetrating critique of the insidious dangers of machine learning and its capacity to manipulate the truth.
Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on How Hollywood Has Become the US Military-Industrial Complex’s Unofficial Ministry of Propaganda
An unfortunate status that Viet Nam shares with Palestine is that the war in Viet Nam was both an actual war and a spectacle for global viewership.
Scientists Discover New Evidence Earth May Once Have Had a Ring Like Saturn
Since Earth’s axis is tilted relative to its orbit around the sun, the ring would have shaded parts of Earth’s surface…
Tuesday Poem: Enriching the Earth
To enrich the earth I have sowed clover and grassto grow and die. I have…
If Oil Stabilizes Below $70, What Will it Mean for GCC Markets?
Oil prices reached a three year low on Tuesday, with analysis suggesting prices may stablise below $70 in the coming months…
The Great French Painter Who Had No Time For France
Describing himself as the ‘savage from Peru’, Paul Gauguin avoided French society when he could, returning to Polynesia in 1895, where he spent his final years…
Habib Khan Memoir: “Aor Leo Maeknikal”
by Habib Khan: I had known Paramoz Khan since my school days, as his father,…
Retranslating Marx’s Capital
From the Jacobin: The language of Karl Marx’s Capital, which was originally published in 1867,…
Monday Poem: Premise of Wise Fools
Sudden commotion inside premise of wise foolssilent gestures, whispering voices, hands raiseda la desperation gathering…
Recipe: Pasta Shells
by Ghulam Mustafa: Pasta shells in bursting tomato soup with garlic crisps topped with garden…
Security Expert ANM Muniruzzaman: Bangladesh is Amid a Serious Security Threat
“It is important to realize that any country goes through a period of unrest, to an extent, in a post-revolution period.”