Month: February 2023
****** NYTimes.com: Is the Marriage Between Democracy and Capitalism on the Rocks? rj
Is the Marriage Between Democracy and Capitalism on the Rocks?
Never easy, the relationship between the vaunted political system and economic order appears to be in crisis. New books by historians and economists sound the alarm.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/books/review/books-democracy-capitalism.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: Police Brutality Is Not Always About Race
Police Brutality Is Not Always About Race
The killing of Tyre Nichols is a reminder that even the most horrific injustices are often complicated.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/opinion/police-violence-race-poverty.html?smid=em-share
********** NYTimes.com: How to Destroy (What’s Left of) the Mainstream Media’s Credibility rj
How to Destroy (What’s Left of) the Mainstream Media’s Credibility
Objectivity is a hard standard, but good journalism can’t do without it.
***** NYTimes.com: Why Fox News Lied to the Viewers It ‘Respects’ rj
Why Fox News Lied to the Viewers It ‘Respects’
It’s about “representation.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/opinion/fox-news-lies-dominion.html?smid=em-share
****** NYTimes: A War With China Would Reach Deep Into American Society. Rj
NYTimes.com: American Teens Are Really Miserable. Why? rj
American Teens Are Really Miserable. Why?
Social media has added to a sense of isolation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/opinion/depression-teen-social.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: When the Movies Pictured A.I., They Imagined the Wrong Disaster rj
When the Movies Pictured A.I., They Imagined the Wrong Disaster
Instead of the chilling rationality of HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” we get the messy awfulness of Microsoft’s Sydney. Call it the banality of sentience.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/movies/ai-movies-microsoft-bing-robots.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: The Imminent Danger of A.I. Is One We’re Not Talking About rj
The Imminent Danger of A.I. Is One We’re Not Talking About
We are so stuck on asking what the technology can do that we are missing the more important questions.