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• Links 4/2/16

  Politics:With his presidency nearing its end, The New Yorker asks if Obama is serious about closing the prison in Guantanamo Bay:Another, perhaps more... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: January

  Non-Fiction:Rebecca Solnit: A Paradise Built in Hell. Rebecca Solnit: A Field Guide to Getting Lost.Films:Carol (2015, Todd Haynes).Oddball (2015, Stuart... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Person of Interest

  

  In Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, Nick Bostrom outlines in great detail how difficult it would be to programme a superintelligent AI to do... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 11/1/16

  Welcome to the new year! North Korea detonated a bomb of some sorts, a situation that occurred to late to make it into the Crisis Group's Ten Conflicts To... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Carol

  

  “Their eyes met at the same instant moment, Therese glancing up from a box she was opening, and the woman just turning her head so she looked directly at... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: December

  Non-Fiction:Steven Johnson: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation.Nick Bostrom: Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Serien Des Jahres

  Best new show: Jessica JonesOne of the dominating features of the past few years, perhaps one of the most reliable thing about pop culture for me, has been a... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Musik Des Jahres

  

  Albums: Laura Marling - Short Movie.Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell.Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love.Howling - Sacred Ground.Tei Shi - Verde.Kendrick... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Filme Des Jahres

  

  Ex MachinaCitizenfour (2014)Mad Max: Fury RoadClouds of Sils Maria (2014)A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)Appropriate Behavior (2014)Inside OutBonus... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Favourite Books I've Read This Year

  Non-FictionMy non-fiction reading is essentially a divide between reading about technology, innovation, AIs, theories of information, and personal essays and... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 23/12/15

  Politics:The Cairo Review with an in-depth report on how ISIS uses targeted brutality and violence. The Atlantic about the future of driverless cars, the... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• "Which Means You Have Failed to Recognize That Women Are People"

  It isn’t a fact universally acknowledged that a person who mistakes his opinions for facts may also mistake himself for God. This can happen if he’s been... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2

  

  The compelling question at the heart of the series has always been how Katniss Everdeen can retain her agency, her freedom, her ability to make choices about he... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 17/12/15

  Politics:I moved out of Europe this year, and watching from a distance has had a strange effect on me - a combination of trying to come to terms with the lack o... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• The Paris Climate Deal

  The 195 negotiating countries reached a climate agreement in Paris, an agreement that includes China, India, and the Pacific island nations that will likely bea... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 10/12/15 Compact Version

  Some stories to read before the end of the year, about the year:2015 in Ideas from TED talks.The New York Times stories of the year 2015 by how much time reader... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 7/12/15

  Politics:Foreign Policy's Leading Global Thinkers. About innovation, the future, and ethics:A coalition of tech entrepreneurs will try to tackle climate... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: November.

  Non-Fiction: Maggie Nelson: The Argonauts. Virginie Despentes: King Kong Theory.Tracy Daugherty: The Last Love Song. A Biography of Joan Didion. Carrie... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 30/11/15

  Politics:Always hit and miss, but here is Slavoj Žižek on the Paris attacks, refugees and feminism and human rights. About the dire situation of LGBTQ asylum... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 20/11/15

  Politics:A brilliant look into new research on climate migration, at VOX EU. How Berlin keeps housing affordable. (Maybe?) terrifying tech news: Toyota is... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO