‘Universities are cutting humanities courses to make room for new AI departments. But won’t we need more literature, history and philosophy to pass the time meaningfully after AI takes over?’ Mimi Jiang imagines a day in the age of AI. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Have a new Substack post about teaching the "history of the present": historyofnow.substack.com/p/syllabus-f...

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"There's definitely a hot that is too hot. It's a combination of both temperature and humidity [..] we measure this [..] at a combination of about 100 degrees(°F) [37,8(°C)] and 60% relative humidity. That's the point where we lose the ability to cool ourselves by sweating" @brianstonejr.bsky.social

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"Rule of law backsliding is not an Eastern European problem. It is not even a European problem: even in a mature democracy like the United States, a corrupt, authoritarian leader can destroy the democratic institutions and the rule of law in the blink of an eye."

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Verschenen bij @prometheusuitgever.bsky.social: 'Tolerantiedenkers. Inspiratie voor democratisch samenleven' (red. @bastiaanrijpkema.bsky.social en Bart Schreuders) met een hoofdstuk van @bartverheijen.bsky.social en mij over politiek filosoof Claude Lefort: uitgeverijprometheus.nl/boeken/toler...

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