Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concept. Although it has existed for decades in various forms – from basic automation to advanced machine learning –, its development has now reached a new frontier. More specifically, in recent years,...
We are many Severinosand our destiny’s the same:to soften up these stonesby sweating over them,trying to bring to lifea dead and deader land,to try to wrest a farmout of burnt-over land.But, so that Your Excellenciescan recognise me betterand be able...
Agathe was waiting for me at the door. As always, I was running late. While brushing my teeth, I took my bag from my room and remembered that before leaving I wanted to clean some dirt that I felt when...
Öland is an ancient island located off the Swedish coast. Protected by UNESCO, it has been home to humans for about 5,000 years and hosts archeological sites dating back to the prehistoric period. As per the islanders’ custom, Öland has...
A regular Wednesday afternoon at Roskilde Festival’s central refund station. Dealing with hundreds of items for each person, the wait in line usually lasts several hours. Intro: Roskilde Festival is more than ‘just a music festival’ – they say There’s...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qMjne_WEEg The greatest winner of Brexit has been Nigel Farage. Almost everyone else are on the losing side, it seems. This political maneuver was conceived as a communications play and not as a policy, and IWM rector Misha Glenny evaluates...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlSVkzbJDA This week, Brian Wilson became the last of the Wilson brothers to shuffle off this mortal coil. Dennis, the first of the Wilsons to go, died young in 1983 — but not before offering this memorable assessment of the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ddKGpuh-tQ By some estimations, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West home-studio complex took shape in 1941. But even then, the Arizona Republic presciently noted that “it may be years before it is considered finished.” The Taliesin West you can see in...
One of the very first feature-length sci-fi films ever made, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis took a daring visual approach for its time, incorporating Bauhaus and Futurist influences in thrillingly designed sets and costumes. Lang’s visual language resonated strongly in later decades....
