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Wall Street bonuses have been captured under the media’s microscope since the the recession began in earnest, and most objective perspectives have called the billions in performance-based pay superfluous remuneration. […]
According to Variety, new technology now enables stargazers to get closer than ever to A-List Celebrities on the red carpet on Oscar night tomorrow. As synthesized by Newser, “Several websites […]
For starters, I would not call this wisdom… I just wasn't sure how else to categorize it.
This is an interpretation of Niccolo Machivelli's 1517 imcomplete poem L'Asino. The so-called cynic cold-blooded advisor of evil shows a 'parenthetical' aestheticism in his perception of friendship. Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the great prospects of aesthetic politics comes to be a useful tool for the interpretation of Machiavelli's 'poetic therapy'.
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Robots already play a major role in modern warfare in the form of airborne drones, but as artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated, will we have to worry about our own […]
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The author explains the psychology of a drone operator in Nevada who spends his nights at home with his family and his days eliminating enemy targets in Iraq.
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P.W. Singer on the problem of war as entertainment.
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P.W. Singer explores the problem of war as entertainment.
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The author speaks to the absence of morality in a fully mechanized war
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The author describes what happens when state and non-state actors use the same technologies.
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The author explains the difference between working in a war and serving in a war.
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The author explains the influence of private military firms in the world today.
The NYT reports on a recent surge in China’s foreign direct investment.  China is taking advantage of a savings stockpile and cheap energy prices to seure itself reliable flows of […]
Race and IQ tests are two nebulous determinants of nebulous qualities that have incited fractious and controversial reactions as long as they have existed. Many studies of the correlation between […]
It’s not news that neither Playboy magazine, nor the Enterprise generally, is doing so hot. The entire New York editorial office was moved to Chicago recently, and longtime chief executive […]
In a recent editorial for the Wall Street Journal, author of the Bush-era “torture memos” John Yoo warns against Obama’s closing of Guantanamo and effort to stamp out Geneva-unfriendly interrogation […]