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We now live within the most powerful information distribution and control machine in human history, if only because communications technology is everywhere — all around us, day and night. Its influence begins in public grade schools, years ago designed to produce controlled children who would grow u

Why entertainment is not what is used to be.

It's not just our kids who need to watch out. Technology even affects the way that nations are governed. One college student is changing this.

One gauge of our decline is the vanishing of public intellectuals and a swelling number of wired celebrities, influencers, and pitchmen.

Robert Whitcomb's weekly examination of everything that is important. Only Whitcomb offers such a collection of insights on the global and local issues that matter.

Religion is a very old technology, and the wisdom contains is often hard to identify. This is unlike the technology we create intentionally, where the goal is always obvious. When these two technologies come into conflict who should we decide between them. It's easy and attractive to go with the new, but by dispensing with the old we may be incurring harms that will only manifest years or decades later.

The Portuguese scientist talks about feelings, their role in the emergence of consciousness and how they connect us to other living beings

Hugh Linehan: The potent blend of machismo, shamelessness and corruption set the mould for Trump and Johnson

She didn’t just throw him under the bus, did she? On This Morning yesterday, Holly Willoughby stepped into the driver’s compartment, powered over the twitching remains of Phillip Schofield, put the bus into reverse — and then drove over him one last time, just to be sure.

While AI holds great promise for improving our lives and solving complex problems, it also poses significant risks and challenges that we must address