LIKE most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying “Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.” Being a highly virtuous child, I believed all that I was told and acquired a conscience which has kept me working hard down to the present moment. But although my co … | Continue reading
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Omarosa publishes her White House memoir; US secretary of the interior blames California’s wildfires on environmental terrorists; avocado thefts sweep New Zealand | Continue reading
The first slide was cryptic. QUIET TITLE: THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION, it said. The presenter, a former real estate broker named George Mantor, promised the words would make sense by the end of the two-hour workshop. “The revolution takes learning,” said Mantor. He was a wiry man … | Continue reading
LIKE most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying “Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.” Being a highly virtuous child, I believed all that I was told and acquired a conscience which has kept me working hard down to the present moment. But although my co … | Continue reading
Here’s a story about how machines learn. Say you are the US Army and you want to be able to locate enemy tanks in a forest. The tanks are painted with camouflage, parked among trees, and covered in brush. To the human eye, the blocky outlines of the tanks are indistinguishable fr … | Continue reading
The fall of New York and the urban crisis of affluence | Continue reading
The forgotten victims of America's opioid crisis | Continue reading
The fall of New York and the urban crisis of affluence | Continue reading
LIKE most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying “Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.” Being a highly virtuous child, I believed all that I was told and acquired a conscience which has kept me working hard down to the present moment. But although my co … | Continue reading
Can we treat psychosis by listening to the voices in our heads? | Continue reading