Berhanu Anteneh

Not biographical but some words about what I believe in. I am just an individual who (a) strongly cares about justice to the citizens of the world; (b) appreciates that the common good among humans is much larger than our differences and if handled wisely our differences are assets to us all; and seeks to raise awareness and promote collegiality through political consciousness. Politics is the key in society that if well understood and applied appropriately, would promote cohesiveness among the people and propel development in the best interest of all. Without exception, the value of peace is much more than the cost of war.

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

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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

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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)

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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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Political Philosophy of Alasdair MacIntyre (Ted Clayton)

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This article focuses on Alasdair MacIntyre’s contribution to political philosophy since 1981, although MacIntyre has also written influential works on theology, Marxism, rationality, metaphysics, ethics, and the history of philosophy. He has made a personal intellectual journey from Marxism to Catholicism and from Aristotle to Aquinas, and he is one of the preeminent Thomist political philosophers. The most consistent and most …

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Thomas Aquinas: Political Philosophy (Peter Koristansky)

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The political philosophy of Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), along with the broader philosophical teaching of which it is part, stands at the crossroads between the Christian gospel and the Aristotelian political doctrine that was, in Aquinas’ time, newly discovered in the Western world. In fact, Aquinas’ whole developed system is often understood to be simply a modification of Aristotelian philosophy …

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