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Why are the exteriors of most cars just one color? Why don’t we see more cars with stripes or plaid paint jobs, or even polka dots?

My daughters Adys Ann and Aritzia and I surveyed a remarkable and motley collection of Barbie dolls, including the two beautiful dolls pictured above, at the Expo Barbie at Les Cours Mont Royal in Montreal. See more below the fold:

Did you know that book reviews on YouTube are a thing? By way of example, check out the video review (posted below) of one of Mateusz Urbanowicz‘s beautiful picture books. (This particular tome, which is titled Tokyo Storefronts, is available … Continue reading →

According to this recent report in The MIT Technology Review, researchers from Harvard and MIT have developed a new method for spotting text that has been generated using AI. Their method, which is called the “Giant Language Model Test Room” … Continue reading →

We want to bring to your attention this strange yet fascinating essay by our colleague and friend Adrian Vermeule, a professor at Harvard Law School. Among other things, his essay explores several “pathologies” of contemporary political liberalism, including the following … Continue reading →

A signifciant fraction of persons, i.e. greater than 10%, who voted for socialist Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party primaries voted for Donald J. Trump in the 2016 general election? Samuel Scheffler writes in The Boston Review: “… some of … Continue reading →