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Should the Government Have Regulated the Early Internet - or Our Future AI?
In February tech journalist Nicholas Carr published Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart.
A University of Virginia academic journal says the book "appraises the past and present" of information technology while issuing "a warning about its future." And specifically Carr argues ...
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Space Investor Sees Opportunities in Defense-Related Startups and AI-Driven Systems
Chad Anderson is the founder/managing partner of the early-stage VC Space Capital (and an investor in SpaceX, along with dozens of other space companies). Space Capital produces quarterly reports on the space economy, and he says today, unlike 2021, "the froth is gone. But so is the hype. What's lef...
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Should College Application Essays Be Banned?
While college applicants are often required to write a personal essay for their applications, political scientist/author/academic Yascha Mounk argues that's "a deeply unfair way to select students for top colleges, one that is much more biased against the poor than standardized tests."
The college...
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Airbus Promised a 'Green' Hydrogen Aircraft. That Bet Is Now Unraveling
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Wall Street Journal:
Five years ago, Airbus made a bold bet: The plane maker would launch a zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered aircraft within 15 years that, if successful, would mark the biggest revolution in aviation technology since the jet engine. N...
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The Bees Are Disappearing Again
"Honeybee colonies are under siege across much of North America..." reported the New York Times last week. [Alternate URL here.] Last winter beekeepers across America "began reporting massive beehive collapses. More than half of the roughly 2.8 million colonies collapsed, costing the industry about ...
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