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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Our robot overlords
Via NBC, robots replacing the human workforce: “In the manufacturing industry, a recent study by Boston Consulting Group found that by 2025 robots will do about 25 percent of all industrial tasks—and that inexpensive robots are becoming increasingly available to...
Two cheers for the Pharisees
Via Christianity Today, some appreciation for the Law: “The ugly side of law still has a hold on us, in part because we have such a hard time believing we are forgiven and accepted, believing that we really are free. But from time to time, we see the truth of our...
In Their Focus on Religious Giving, Romneys are Like Most American Donors
Via Business Insider and Dana Goldstein: According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, only about one-third of all American charity--from individuals, foundations, and corporations--directly serves the poor, either within the United States or abroad....
In Their Focus on Religious Giving, Romneys are Like Most American Donors
Via Business Insider and Dana Goldstein: According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, only about one-third of all American charity--from individuals, foundations, and corporations--directly serves the poor, either within the United States or abroad....
The Folly of Scientism
Via Arts & Letters Daily and The New Atlantis: The temptation to overreach, however, seems increasingly indulged today in discussions about science. Both in the work of professional philosophers and in popular writings by natural scientists, it is frequently...
The Folly of Scientism
Via Arts & Letters Daily and The New Atlantis: The temptation to overreach, however, seems increasingly indulged today in discussions about science. Both in the work of professional philosophers and in popular writings by natural scientists, it is frequently...
Invasion of the cyber hustlers
Via Arts & Letters Daily and NewStatesman: Like every other era, the internet age has its own class of booster gurus. They are the “cybertheorists”, embedded reporters of the social network, dreaming of a perfectible electronic future and handing down oracular...
Invasion of the cyber hustlers
Via Arts & Letters Daily and NewStatesman: Like every other era, the internet age has its own class of booster gurus. They are the “cybertheorists”, embedded reporters of the social network, dreaming of a perfectible electronic future and handing down oracular...