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A photo illustration of two versions of a bust of Greek historian Herodotus. On the left, the bust is in its original state fading into a dark background. On the right, the bust has gone through the process of yassification as if using a beauty filter, surrounded by heart-shaped like buttons against a blue and pink gradient background.

Social Media Is Warping History

February 1, 2024February 1, 2024 - by Colin Horgan

#History is huge on TikTok, where counterintuitive takes flatter users into thinking they know the “real” story

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Current Affairs

Why the Bank of Canada Is Facing Intense Scrutiny

September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 - by Colin Horgan

The key interest rate is the policy lever the bank pulls to keep inflation in check. But a lot has changed in recent years

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Should Computers Decide How Much Things Cost?

August 14, 2023June 14, 2024 - by Colin Horgan

If you feel like you’re spending more online all the time, it might be because you are

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Will Universal Basic Income Save Us from AI?

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 - by Colin Horgan

OpenAI’s Sam Altman believes many jobs will soon vanish but UBI will be the solution. Other visions of the future are less rosy

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Politics / Technology

AI and Politics: How Will We Know What—and Who—Is Real?

April 27, 2023October 13, 2023 - by Colin Horgan

If we’re lucky, new technologies will only cause brief confusion. If we’re not, our political sphere could be changed forever

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