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Category Archives: Future
Alfred McCoy on the Rise of China
[NOTE: In 2008, Al McCoy was a main speaker at a conference on U. S. torture that I helped organize. Both his talk and his academic record marked him as a scholar to reckon with on matters of foreign policy and empire. This record drew me to this new analysis of the rapid shifts of … Continue reading Alfred McCoy on the Rise of China
Gwynne Dyer on AI: An Emergency?
[NOTE: A couple months ago, when ChatbotGPT was new, I privately gave it a personal test, by prompting it to prepare a concise overview and assessment of my own writing. Generous samples of this work, covering fifty-plus years are either online, or discussed online.
Nicholas Kristof: how a “Barefoot College” is Empowering Some of the Least Powerful in India
[NOTE: Nick Kristof was one of the New York Times’s most intrepid foreign correspondents, reporting from one far distant, demanding locale after another for 37 years, as often writing from obscure, out-of-the-spotlight places as from front-page hotspots. He was also notoriously upbeat and public-spirited, always digging for signs of hope and even tiny green shoots of … Continue reading Nicholas Kristof: how a “Barefoot College” is Empowering Some of the Least Powerful in India
Exclusive: Chatbot Names Top Quaker Issues; Makes Blog Obsolete?
March 14, 2023 It had to happen, right? Someone was sure to try to find out if/when Chatbot will make Quaker blogs, journals, and all other pre-AI communication as outmoded and unnecessary as, you know, Wiliam Penn, or Philadelphia. And now it’s happened. The results are here, in full, and unexpurgated. Well, not quite in … Continue reading Exclusive: Chatbot Names Top Quaker Issues; Makes Blog Obsolete?