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2 weeks ago | 
compactmag.com | Arjun S. Byju
Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless HealthBy Casey MeansAvery Press, 400 pages, $32.00For many years, it has been common enough to hear the refrain that large corporations are to blame for all of the world’s problems. Big auto kills public transit; the military-industrial complex was behind the war; Silicon Valley addicts us to our phones. There’s a sense that powerful, profit-oriented forces control our fate, that the game is rigged, life unfair.
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2 months ago | 
currentaffairs.org | Arjun S. Byju |Lauren Fadiman |Lily Sánchez
Originally published in our magazine’s hallowed print edition 2024 Nov/Dec Details The idea that one might magically manifest wealth is an old one. In today's unequal society, 'manifesting' tells us to double down on ourselves instead of working to create a more egalitarian society.
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2 months ago | 
currentaffairs.org | Arjun S. Byju |Noam Chomsky |Lily Sánchez |Nathan J. Robinson
Originally published in our magazine’s hallowed print edition 2024 Nov/Dec Details While most books are purchased from corporate sellers nowadays, stores dedicated to selling books serve a special place in our communities. They're where we can socialize, make serendipitous book discoveries, and even get involved in political causes.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Arjun S. Byju
Sean Hannity6 hours agoStephen A. Smith shuts down Sean Hannity's desperate Trump defenseMSNBC - Allison Detzel • 6hThe ESPN host and Fox News anchor traded barbs over the race between Trump and Harris during a contentious interview. ESPN host Stephen A.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
newrepublic.com | Arjun S. Byju
Earlier this month, Geoffrey Hinton, the 76-year-old “Godfather of AI,” was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. Hinton’s seminal contributions to neural networks are credited with ushering in the explosion in artificial intelligence today, but lately he has gained a reputation as an alarmist: After more than a decade at Google, he quit last year to focus instead on warning the public about the risks posed to humanity by AI.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Arjun S. Byju
Earlier this month, Geoffrey Hinton, the 76-year-old “Godfather of AI,” was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. Hinton’s seminal contributions to neural networks are credited with ushering in the explosion in artificial intelligence today, but lately he has gained a reputation as an alarmist: After more than a decade at Google, he quit last year to focus instead on warning the public about the risks posed to humanity by AI.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
miaminativemag.com | Arjun S. Byju |byArjun S. Byju
The psychiatrist Irvin Yalom, influential for his existential approach to therapy, said there were four ultimate concerns in life: freedom, death, isolation, and meaning. The first, we think, accounts partly for the last: We are free to take actions that have consequences, to author our own destiny, and as such find purpose. We are aware of our own mortality. For all the poetic value of relationships, we arrive and depart from life undeniably alone.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
currentaffairs.org | Arjun S. Byju |Lily Sánchez
The holidays can be a mixed bag. As tells us, “Could the most magical time of year be so full of loneliness, anger and stress?” Well, yes, it could. The author, psychiatrist Dr. Neha Chaudhary, notes that two-thirds of people report loneliness during the holidays according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
brightwalldarkroom.com | Arjun S. Byju
When I moved to Chicago in June of this year, I had trouble unpacking my boxes. I had never been to the Windy City, and there was too much to do: jetting around on the L; diving amid the sailboats on the cerulean waves of the Lake; polishing off a ketchup-less dog.
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Nov 26, 2023 | 
currentaffairs.org | Arjun S. Byju |Allison Dean |Peter Taylor
Current Affairs isAd-Freeand depends entirely on YOUR support. Can you help? Subscribe from 16 cents a day ($5 per month) A Magazine of Politics and Culture Sign In Current Affairs’s all-new Single Issue page is coming soon. Financial reporter Zeke Faux, author of a new book on Sam Bankman-Fried and the bizarre world of crypto scams, joins to tell us what he witnessed in crypto-world.
