Medieval chivalry and the law of nations
Chivalry has enduring lessons for international law.
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07, 2017
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07, 2017
Out of the woods: no trees at the library
The Vatican City correspondent deliberates on the absence of trees at the library.
5
07, 2017
Will and passivity, and the crisis of knowing ourselves in the technological age
How do we know ourselves when we undermine our wills through technology and other external influences?
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06, 2017
Sounding the Anthropocene (Alex Bladsdel, The Guardian)
The Anthropocene as the latest stage of human, and planetary, development.
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06, 2017
The open paths before us, always providing opportunity
The way open to opportunity.
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05, 2017
Contending with the loss of autonomy in the Age of AI
Recovering autonomy and escaping the existential vacuum.
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05, 2017
Lassoing algorithms (Megan Rose Dickey, TechCrunch)
Do algorithms enforce our biases, or do they challenge our preconceptions?
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05, 2017
On sun, ocean, and our hidden nature
The sun shines upon the depths: what is illuminated may also be hidden, especially to ourselves.
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04, 2017
On science and ethics: conveying and exploding knowledge
Can you write a book on ethics, using words of science, that would explode all other books?
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04, 2017
Memory and memorial
What lasts is not just what we make.