Daily Archives: September 14, 2014

The Holocaust’s Forgotten Roma Victims

From an article on “The Holocaust’s Forgotten Roma Victims” in The Daily Beast: More than 500,000 Roma and Sinti were exterminated in the Nazis’ death camps—and it’s time to include them in the official history of the Holocaust… Between 500,000 … Continue reading

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Roth’s Reads

From a profile of David Lee Roth last year: “I’ve read all these,” he says, gesturing to the swollen bookshelves. The most important one he’s read recently is Christopher Hitchens’ memoir Hitch-22. He refers to the art books regularly, overseeing … Continue reading

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Is Artificial Intelligence a Threat?

In a Chronicle article (“Is Artificial Intelligence a Threat?“), the focus is on the thought experiments of Nick Bostrom, who directs the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford. When the world ends, it may not be by … Continue reading

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Murder, My Sweet (1944)

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