Persecution is endemic in the vicious world of Young Adult publishing. The escapist settings of fantasy fiction are still afflicted by the culture war — Read on spectator.us/writers-blocked-fantasy-fiction/
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Category: Polity
Will Civilizations Clash? – Athenaeum Review
Will Civilizations Clash? - Athenaeum Review — Read on athenaeumreview.org/essay/will-civilizations-clash/
The Truth About Pinocchio’s Nose – The New York Times
There’s more to the puppet’s story than a parable about lying. — Read on http://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/books/review/pinocchio-carlo-collodi-lorenzini.html
Can plants help us avoid a climate catastrophe? | OUPblog
The amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by burning of fossil fuels is at a staggering all time high of 34 billion tonnes, having risen every decade since the 1960s. — Read on blog.oup.com/
Artificial Intelligence, International Competition, and the Balance of Power – Texas National Security Review
Artificial Intelligence, International Competition, and the Balance of Power - Texas National Security Review — Read on tnsr.org/2018/05/artificial-intelligence-international-competition-and-the-balance-of-power/
The AI Arms Race In 2019 – Towards Data Science
Killer robots have arrived. Admittedly, these ‘lethal autonomous weapons’ are still a long way from superintelligence — AI in 2019 is closer to WALL-E than The Terminator. All the same, the… — Read on towardsdatascience.com/the-ai-arms-race-in-2019-fdca07a086a7
What if AI is just BS? – The Washington Post
When is the new new thing not really all that? — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/01/what-if-ai-is-just-bs/
Vasily Grossman: eyewitness to the 20th century’s worst atrocities | Spectator USA
Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century by Alexandra Popoff reviewed. The Russian writer bravely documented Stalin’s purges and the battle of Stalingrad — Read on spectator.us/vasily-grossman-witness-atrocities/
In Praise of Public Libraries | by Sue Halpern | The New York Review of Books
In Praise of Public Libraries | by Sue Halpern | The New York Review of Books — Read on http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/04/18/in-praise-of-public-libraries/
Netanyahu trapped between Trump, allies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs his far-right coalition against his impending indictment even more than his friendship with US President Donald Trump. — Read on http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/04/israel-palestinians-us-benjamin-netanyahu-donald-trump.html
