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Noam Chomsky on Where Artificial Intelligence Went Wrong

An extended conversation with the legendary linguist Graham Gordon Ramsay If one were to rank a list of civilization's greatest and most elusive intellectual challenges, the problem of "decoding"…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 1, 2012
LENGTH: 42 minutes (10581 words)

Gilbert & George

"Man. Woman. Murder." Gilbert begins to intone. "Addict. Strangled. Rape." "Pervert", interjects George, "Suicide. Attack." It's almost comforting to hear Gilbert and George talk about their latest…
PUBLISHED: March 2, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2868 words)

incredible stories of the boys who walked to Europe

Behind the security bars of a spartan, white-tiled room, 25 youths are arranging bedrolls on the floor. The workers on the Salvation Army nightshift, who watch over these lone foreign teenagers in a…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 29, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2797 words)

Hidden in Plain Sight: Facts and Myths about Germany's Far-Right Extremists

A neo-Nazi demonstration in Dortmund in 2008: Despi
PUBLISHED: Nov. 18, 2011
LENGTH: 2 minutes (554 words)

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Great Compositions For Craig Semetko Henri Cartier-Bresson started in photography like many of us. He took cute pictures of his friends and surroundings, until he decided to make a change. It was…
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5379 words)
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