Tag: history
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There has been little acknowledgment of Portugal’s role in the transatlantic slave trade – until now. As a wet winter gives way to spring, Lisbon’s Campo das Cebolas square is… more ›
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In Paris. Exactly Seventy Years Ago. He likely arrived in Paris from Darmstadt, Germany, by train that January, exactly seventy years ago. https://computerhistory.org/blog/thinking-about-machines-and-thinking/ more ›
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Many of us have spent the past nine months lusting for a normal night like that. Many of us have spent the past four years longing for a normal president.… more ›
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For investors, we believe a big idea needs to be long-term. But with more innovation evolving than ever before, how are investors supposed to identify the technologies that could deliver… more ›
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In an information civilization, societies are defined by questions of knowledge — how it is distributed, the authority that governs its distribution and the power that protects that authority. Who… more ›
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Our contemporary practices of glorifying productivity—our do-what-you-love ethos, the flood of self-help writing aimed at creating the appearance and the performance of never-ending work—shame idleness, attach a sort of divine… more ›
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The tumultuous personal life of the great tenor Enrico Caruso, as dramatic as any opera, is illuminated by a treasure trove of letters. In 1897, a young and little-known tenor… more ›
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Today, numerous economists and technologists say that long-gestating technologies may be ready to propel a similar frenzy of commerce. This time, the economic engine might start with artificial intelligence; the… more ›
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Let op: Opstand & Vrijheid is gesloten. Reserveren is mogelijk vanaf 9 februari 2021. Opstand & Vrijheid bestaat uit drie onderdelen, waarin het verhaal van een opstand in context wordt gepresenteerd. Ook is… more ›