What do the Tower of Babel, the biblical figure Nehemiah, algorithms and realpolitik have in common? They’re all discussed – along with integral human development, the technocratic paradigm and ...

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Mac Barnett, the national ambassador for young people’s literature, published a manifesto aimed at adults. Then came the blowback. By Elisabeth Egan In her ingenious “Dog Days,” Emily LaBarge writes ...

Thanks to some surprising advances, mathematicians are starting to realize that artificial intelligence could radically alter ...