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David Autor in Noema Magazine: In a recent interview with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Elon Musk proclaimed artificial intelligence to be “the most disruptive force in history,” and noted that “there
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By Faye Ginsburg and B. Ruby Rich at Film Quarterly Dossier: This dossier has been inspired by an unprecedented and exciting surge in New Disability Media, a movement in which
Tell me there is a way to believe it all,an exit strategy with groggy murmursof nothing but rest and a quiet universe. All I can think of is my child,
John Stossel at Reason: In my new video, economist Ed Stringham argues that no government can ever work well, because “even the best person can’t implement change….The massive bureaucracy gets
Irshad Salim, Karachi: A Pakistani neighbor of mine migrated (leap of faith) from Lahore to Dammam to NJ. He used to do construction & maintenance contracts in KSA, he told
By Anatoly Liberman at OUP Blog: Every English dictionary with even minimal information on word origins, will tell us that lord and lady are so-called disguised compounds. Unlike skyline or
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Stoicism teaches the development of self-control as a means of overcoming destructive emotions; the philosophy holds that becoming a clear and unbiased thinker allows one to understand the universal reason.
Jamie Linsley-Parrish at at JSTOR Daily: If deliberate, predatory lending at a geo-political scale has occurred, evidence points towards Western antagonists. Vladimir Lenin famously accused England of using debt to
Matt Huston at Psyche: Babies have plenty in common with each other – the crying, the crawling, the sleeping – but their own little personalities are on display too. One
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Ode on Solitude By Alexander Pope Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound,Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk,
By Devika Rao at The Week: The sun is currently at solar maximum. This means that the celestial body is at its peak activity, releasing higher levels of radiation and
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Toby Walsh at The Conversation: Google has rolled out its latest experimental search feature on Chrome, Firefox and the Google app browser to hundreds of millions of users. “AI Overviews”