Tag: politics
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Michael Sandel was 18 years old when he received his first significant lesson in the art of politics. The future philosopher was president of the student body at Palisades high… more ›
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To be read before the 2020 Presidential Election. Register to vote, or check to make sure you’re registered to vote here. To download a PDF of this entire list, click… more ›
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Only 0.5% of the world’s population knows how to code, and the U.S. graduates only ~150,000 computer science graduates each year. Historically, problems that can be solved with technology have been bounded… more ›
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The pandemic will get worse before it gets better, and will continue to be a threat at least through 2021. The toughest climate challenge won’t be the cars we drive,… more ›
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Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges related to its marketing of the addictive painkiller, and faces penalties of roughly $8.3 billion, the… more ›
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At their peak during the reign of Trajan, around the start of the second century AD, the Romans had governed distant regions of the globe for longer than any other… more ›
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China recently conducted a test involving a swarm of loitering munitions, also often referred to as suicide drones, deployed from a box-like array of tubular launchers on a light tactical… more ›
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COVID has been the great accelerant of every budding trend: Virtual kitchens instead of restaurants, physical stores turning into e-commerce fulfillment centers, universal work from home (at least for the… more ›
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Creativity doesn’t have a deep history. The Oxford English Dictionary records just a single usage of the word in the 17th century, and it’s religious: ‘In Creation, we have God and… more ›
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Drones, sensors and long-range weapons have given one side a clear edge in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan, traditional enemies, have been building up their… more ›