Tag: africa
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The solar economy’s supply chain stretches all the way to the tiniest object. Gravity has shifted. Shenzhen floods the market with cheap disposable utilities while the Valley’s grand announcements pull… more ›
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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 ›