Society

Will Pokemon Cards Become the Latest Commodity Craze

Gamification, scarcity, and The Greater Fool Theory Pokemon cards have been on fire lately. While Gamestop hasn’t quite made it to...
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The Link Between Consumerism And Productive Societies

Why consumerism and productivity go hand-in-hand, everything has a price Consumerism is seen as a negative trend in most of today’s...
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ML Shakespeare

Can algorithms interpret the works of Shakespeare in depth? That marketing experts rely on AI no longer raises eyebrows. Machine learning...
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Migration manipulation

The 353 pages of the U.S. Citizenship Act draft offer nothing new. The proposed bill merely tweaks our faulty immigration policy...
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Critically, Identity is a given Trait trivial to Personal Preference

The Clash between who we are and how we Label ourselves: ‘Identity Crisis.’ Human Trait is a distinguishing characteristic; some are...
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Lewis Mumford, A Thinker for the Ages Tells a Tale Of Cities Since the...

The Medieval Religiously Centered City My Dad often spoke about his admiration for Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 — January 26,...
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Greener Pastures – Humans Move Rather Than Solve Their Problems

We resist solving problems we create. History illustrates our tendency to leave rather than solve problems. It reveals the flaw in...
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Emotional Robots

Is it possible for machines to feel anger, fear or joy and recognize such emotions in people? We can consider the...
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The Future Landscape of Work and its new dynamics

WHY NEW TECH & COVID MIGHT PUSH YOU OUT OF YOUR REMOTE WORK JOB INTRO: 47 IS KILLING! In a 2017...
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Korea’s AI·VR Smart Museums in 2021

Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently announced that they selected 104 art museums for its ‘2021 Smart Museum’ initiative....
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Politics of Licensing and Certification

The Decades’ old Partisan instrument of Control of Scholars The purpose of licensing and certification that we see today dawns on...
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When Did We Begin Worshiping War?

Who we are is revealed by what we do and act. We Americans believe we are peace-loving and abhor war. However,...
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