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It was recently announced that two of the child stars of Slumdog Millionaire would be attending the 81st Oscars ceremony on Sunday night. Joe Morgenstern declared the drama “the film […]
George Soros doesn’t see anything that even remotely resembles his idea of what’s needed to jumpstart economic recovery and so still can’t see the bottom. There’s perhaps no one in […]
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Ted Kennedy on Equal Opportunity in Education
Wall Street bonuses have been captured under the media’s microscope since the the recession began in earnest, and most objective perspectives have called the billions in performance-based pay superfluous remuneration. […]
According to Variety, new technology now enables stargazers to get closer than ever to A-List Celebrities on the red carpet on Oscar night tomorrow. As synthesized by Newser, “Several websites […]
For starters, I would not call this wisdom… I just wasn't sure how else to categorize it.
This is an interpretation of Niccolo Machivelli's 1517 imcomplete poem L'Asino. The so-called cynic cold-blooded advisor of evil shows a 'parenthetical' aestheticism in his perception of friendship. Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the great prospects of aesthetic politics comes to be a useful tool for the interpretation of Machiavelli's 'poetic therapy'.
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Robots already play a major role in modern warfare in the form of airborne drones, but as artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated, will we have to worry about our own […]
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The author explains the psychology of a drone operator in Nevada who spends his nights at home with his family and his days eliminating enemy targets in Iraq.
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P.W. Singer on the problem of war as entertainment.
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P.W. Singer explores the problem of war as entertainment.
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The author speaks to the absence of morality in a fully mechanized war
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The author describes what happens when state and non-state actors use the same technologies.
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The author explains the difference between working in a war and serving in a war.
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The author explains the influence of private military firms in the world today.