Tag: africa
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Science fiction when the future is now » AlphaGo, fake news, cyberwar: 2017 has felt science-fictional in the here and now. Space settlement and sea-steading seem just around the bend;… more ›
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We say the machine is blind because it cannot perceive contemporary data. It is oblivious to every coordinate that matters, disconnected from the liquid conversation between device and channel. The… more ›
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To see through this new machine you need to be very still. It’s a soft, vibrating, pulsating camera. Built to look at faces and trained to shoot in silence. Google… more ›
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The African Enlightenment » The ideals of the Enlightenment are the basis of our democracies and universities in the 21st century: belief in reason, science, skepticism, secularism, and equality. In… more ›
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South Sudan parties. more ›
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There’s more to homegrown African literature than what Western publishers favor » African literature is the object of immense international interest across both academic and popular registers. Far from the… more ›