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You couldn’t be certain, in the night, what sort of world the doors might open onto, were you to turn the knob
The author reads her story from the August 10, 2026, issue of the magazine
Sophia Dew and Sofia Puccini are joined by Ruby Thelot, designer, artist, cyberethnographer, professor at NYU, and founder of 13101401, for a wide-ranging conversation about internet culture, AI, digital communities, and how technology is reshaping the way we relate to one another. Drawing on years of research into online behavior, Ruby explains how digital cultures form, why algorithms shape more than just what we see, and what AI is changing about creativity, communication, and identity. Th...
Narrated Version | I guess it's true: you can't hate the news media enough
Sometimes bad populist ideas are just a mistake; sometimes they're being promoted for ideological reasons
The author is Tim Whitmarsh and the subtitle is Augustus, Empire and the Making of Christianity. This is the most important book on the history of Christianity I have read in a long time, and it is also an important work in Roman history. Yet also fun and extremely readable. Excerpt: The story I have […] The post Rome’s Age of Revolution appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsMy problem with Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ is . by Cancelled for wongthinkIn reply to shrikanthk...
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