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The Plastic Revolution: Celluloid
Plastic is so ubiquitous today that it virtually defines the modern world. Despite origins in nature, man-made plastic is a relatively new development that changed culture and history. The History Guy remembers the invention of celluloid, the first man-made plastic. … Continue reading
Flowers and Butterflies Stitch Messages of Hope into Crumpled Metal and Corroded Barrels | Colossal
January 24, 2025 Art Social Issues Kate Mothes Detail of “MEADOWS.” Photo by Ineta Armanavičiūtė. All images courtesy of Severija Inčirauskaitė On the sides of rusted barrels or crushed steel spheres, Lithuanian artist Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė (previously) applies delicate reminders of resilience. … Continue reading
How China’s New AI Model DeepSeek Is Threatening U.S. Dominance
24 Jan 2025 #CNBC #AI #DeepSeek A little-known AI lab out of China has ignited panic throughout Silicon Valley after releasing AI models that can outperform America’s best despite being built more cheaply and with less-powerful chips. DeepSeek, as the … Continue reading
The crisis of liberal democracy: how free are we?
Garance Pineau, Rod Dreher, Paul Lynch and Francesco Boldizzoni discuss the obstacles to freedom in today’s liberal democracy. Become a member of the Nexus Institute and check out the entire debate at https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activit…. Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2024, ‘The … Continue reading