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Juke Green (with selfie)

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In praise of Walmart?

Yes, according to Zack Kanter, for the following reasons: Walmart is one of the wonders of the modern world, built from scratch in a hyper-competitive environment, scaled from nothing to the largest company in the US by revenue and by … Continue reading →

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Spoiler alerts

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Carpox?

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?

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Inca Barbie

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:

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Video book reviews

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 →

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Using AI to detect text generated by an AI

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 →

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A visualization of a theory of justice

In all seriousness, when political philosophers write about justice, they rarely rely on any figures, images, or other forms of visualization to make their points. Plato’s Republic, for example, consists of over 500 pages of dense philosophical argumentation (or an … Continue reading →

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Colonial Africa (circa 1914)

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