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The intercontinental pull mistaken for Liberalism
Chatter about deglobalization, friendshoring and allied blocs is swelling. This time around, a more honest ‘accounting’ of the interests of nations…
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Faith and Facts - Part II
There are indeed limits to science that leave a gap for faith to step in. Just not the sort you'd think.
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The panoramic view from joining economics, science and history
Incidentally the one skill that comes naturally to humans (pun not intended), and that we have not yet managed to equip artificial intelligence with.
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When will English speak to all the Englishes?
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Could GPT and Bard actually help blue-collar fortunes?
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Having children and having - part 2
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Having children and having – Part 1
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'Natural' Language Processing. Is it though?
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Could GPT and Bard actually help blue-collar fortunes?
Global labor markets will be just as directly affected by what GPT-4 and other LLMs cannot do.
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Can natural intelligence judge Artificial Intelligence?
AGI, brain-machine interfaces, 'uploads' etc. can all wait. We have a bigger problem: we don’t yet know if wetware brains should assess predictive…
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Made to order, breakfast and bulletins
A newspaper says news is special, it's not like packaged food. Oh, but it is. And in ways that can inform better journalism.
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The Wages of North-Atlantic bias
A community of extremely talented and well-meaning people intend to do good better. What might they learn if they lived where they want to have an…
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Having children and having - part 2
For couples with moral doubts about raising a family in the backdrop of climate change, two New York Times columns took a blinkered American view to…
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Having children and having – Part 1
Abortion as a question is so complex that even the most nuanced and balanced conversations, even two such conversations combined, can leave things out.
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When will English speak to all the Englishes?
Black English, Indian English, Hinglish and Singlish, all have different relationships to Standard English and Globish. What’s a unifying way to think…
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Elite Scotoma
Elite Scotoma
A critique of New York Times columns with a wonkish perspective from the Global South. Why NYT? Because it really tries.
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