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Ayahuasca and Neo-colonialism

Ayahuasca and Neo-colonialism

I’ve been reading The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience by Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson. The authors argue that science faces a fundamental challenge: the observer can never be completely separated from what is observed....
The Human Cost of AI

The Human Cost of AI

In an early AI experiment, researchers allowed two chatbots to converse freely. Before long, the two bots shifted away from English and began developing their own shorthand, a form of communication optimized for machines rather than humans. They could have gone on...
Sketching Journalism

Sketching Journalism

  Last week I sketched a talk by Jonathan Stein, Managing Editor of Project Syndicate, at Pracovna Work Space in Prague (hosted by The Yale Club of Prague). Stein didn’t sugarcoat things. These are tough times for journalists and publishers. But there was never...