AI and human extinction (Dan Milmo, The Guardian)
A founding scientist warns that AI development threatens humanity with extinction.
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01, 2025
4
01, 2025
On philanthropy, science, and dreams
Whitman's observations on what is meaningful in life, and worth supporting.
21
12, 2024
Not easy reading (The Economist)
That the academic humanities engage in increasingly obscure jargon.
12
12, 2024
Last words no longer lost (Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)
New technologies reveal etched writings for the first time.
2
12, 2024
December fables for the present time.
From dogs to monkeys, fables speak for themselves.
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11, 2024
Lidar locates another lost city (Georgina Rannard, BBC)
A review of lidar data reveals a hidden ancient city.
20
11, 2024
How the humanities nurture tech, and vice versa
Interviewing Sylvester Johnson, Kluge Chair in Science and Technology, on the humanities' future with technology.
12
11, 2024
Know-how and unlearning
Reflections on Humanities Watch's ninth anniversary.
22
10, 2024
The present humanities in a global scope (World Humanities Report)
An annual review of the state of global humanities.
13
10, 2024
Columbus the wanderer (Sam Jones and Nadeem Badshah, The Guardian)
Researchers claim that DNA documents Columbus's Jewish ancestry.