Bringing America Together (Bill Whalen)

Why Senator Bill Bradley keeps Rolling Along. What happened to teamwork and the spirit of unity and common purpose – not just in sports, but in politics and in society? Former New Jersey senator and basketball legend Bill Bradley, the star of the one-man show Rolling Along, tells a tale that took him from a Missouri boyhood …

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Disillusionment and rebellion (David Leonhardt, The New York Times)

Many people have been surprised by the shift of Latino voters toward the Republican Party. It has happened during the same decade that Donald Trump took over the party, and Trump often derides immigrants, including Latinos. Nevertheless, Latino support for Republicans has risen: Sources: Catalist (2012, 2016 and 2020); New York Times/Siena College April poll …

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UN Projections: China’s Population to Decrease Significantly by 2075

Overview What we’re showing Population data and forecasts for the world’s 6 largest countries. This data comes from the UN World Population Prospects 2022 (latest version). Projections are based on a medium fertility scenario, which assumes countries will converge at a birth rate of 1.85 children per woman, by 2045-2050. China’s decline China’s population boom has officially come …

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MIT’s New AI Model Predicts Human Behavior With Uncanny Accuracy

A new technique can be used to predict the actions of human or AI agents who behave suboptimally while working toward unknown goals. MIT and other researchers developed a framework that models irrational or suboptimal behavior of a human or AI agent, based on their computational constraints. Their technique can help predict an agent’s future actions, …

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Sartre’s Political Philosophy (Storm Heter)

French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), the best known European public intellectual of the twentieth century, developed a highly original political philosophy, influenced in part by the work of Hegel and Marx. Although he wrote little on ethics or politics prior to World War II, political themes dominated his writings from 1945 onwards. Sartre co-founded the journal Les Temps Modernes, …

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