News to us? The roots of the word “algorithm” go back to the ninth century in modern-day Iran. Via Open Culture:
In making or influencing choices humans would once have handled themselves, algorithms do present a risk of &l…
From December, philosophy students in Kentucky learn ethics through circus classes. “By most accounts, it is amazing.”
↩︎ Aesthetics for Birds
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According to Merriam-Webster, “Covid-19” was the fastest term ever to be accepted in the dictionary
↩︎ The Los Angeles Review of Books
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“They were imagining Vermont would be cooler, and have more seasonality, and have more water available to them, and not have wildfire smoke.”
↩︎ Yale Environment 360
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Japan’s Princess Mako, having given up her title to marry a non-royal, lands an unpaid internship in New York City.
↩︎ The Cut
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A pair of small studies on psilocybin therapy find rapid and sustained improvement in participants with severe depression.
↩︎ BBC News
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Rendy Jones: A raunchy, new Netflix cartoon offers a surprisingly persuasive episode about how to process grief.
↩︎ The Daily Beast
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Road rage shootings are on the rise in Texas. In Austin last year, cops noted 160 episodes of drivers pointing or firing a gun.
↩︎ The New York Times
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