Should we be paranoid about the androids?
Oliver Rhodes
The early pioneers of AI music were derided and feared. Does it deserve a revival?
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The early pioneers of AI music were derided and feared. Does it deserve a revival?
Within this international drink is a microcosm of all the movements and ambitions and exchanges of mankind.
What connects a cannabis plant with the French Revolution? The little Italian town of Carmagnola – where the manufacture of cannabis hemp became local myth and an international phenomenon.
Today’s free thinkers, frustrated by censorship from above and below, would do well to remember the ways of Machiavelli.
The summer solstice celebrations are not simply pagan fancies. They embody the centuries-old spirit of the season.
Any trip to Turin would be incomplete without a visit to Palazzo Madama, a treasure trove of Renaissance art and mysterious relics.
George Lucas’ space epic is the morality tale for our age.
Classicists have finally worked out an identity for Catullus’s lover Lesbia we can all believe in – Clodia Pulchra, wife of Pompey Junior.
The quaint university town is where ancient heritage meets the future.
London’s plaques are testament to its status as a city of exiles.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s push to ‘green’ Paris is turning one of the world’s most beautiful cities into an urban wasteland.
Sweden’s social democrats dominated politics for half a century. But continuous power bred arrogance, ideology and eventual economic stagnation.
The crisis of meritocracy is a crisis of dignity. We need to find new ways to value what people are good at.
A failing school system has eroded meritocracy in America. But innovative educators are turning the tide.
Although merit is an age-old idea, the West’s post-60s culture of narcissism reshaped it in novel ways, spurring the rise of smug meritocrats.
Male-dominated music is no meritocracy. But look beyond chart rankings and sales, and the work of true artists endures.
The transfer market rewards footballers on merit. If only the same could be said about managerial performance.
The French Revolution spawned a new age of opportunity for the many to make it to high office. Or did it?
Post-1871 Imperial Germany’s embrace of meritocratic ideals was only skin deep.
Not all women in ancient Greece benefited from the advent of democracy – but exceptions like Aspasia are a source of inspiration today.
Rainer Maria Rilke’s masterpiece extends the dimensions of poetic discourse and offers a fresh view of humanity.
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