Reflections on a philosopher who believed we can solve the problem of consciousness.
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American writer Meghan O’Gieblyn on when the mind is alive.
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He composed on a computer in a dangerous time. His echo is still heard today.
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A glimpse of a mind jammed to the rafters with ideas.
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Can transplants help Caribbean corals avert collapse?
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In my recent article in Small Wars & Insurgencies, Uncovering the sources of revolutionary violence: the case of Colombia’s National Front (1958-1964), I highlight how failures to secure consent through a passive revolutionary process compelled the dominant classes to adopt coercive solutions.
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During the past decade, it has become obvious that economic interconnectedness did not bring forth frictionless international relations as many liberal theorists had predicted. To the contrary, the fact that economic integration has been profoundly uneven has enabled the weaponisation of asymmetrical economic relations for the achievement of geopolitical and/or economic goals (Whyte 2022; Farrell 2023). The weaponisation of the unique international role of the US dollar is one of the most consequential examples of this trend. For instance, in the period since 2001, US sanctions designations have expanded by an extraordinary 933%. In the context of Russia’s war in Ukraine, dollar hegemony made it possible to freeze Russia’s foreign reserves and expel the country from the SWIFT payments system and US correspondent banking.
Four explosive tales of blood, spit, and venom.
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Learning to decode complex communication on Earth may give us a leg up if intelligent life from space makes contact.
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Physicist Claudia de Rham on her 3 greatest revelations while writing The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity.
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