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CATEGORY: EDUCATION (10 min)
** Party on the Top Floors of the Tower of Babel ([link removed])
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The race to perfect Artificial Intelligence will radically change the world and human life. And if we’re designing machines that will render humans obsolete, John Waters writes, some basic questions ([link removed]) need to be asked.
Questions like, Why? To what ends? Who will control this revolution, and who benefits?
Writing in First Things, Waters looks for answers to these questions in The Age of AI: And Our Human Future, a new book by Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher.
He is disappointed and disturbed by what he finds. For beneath the book’s thin coat of pseudo-liberalism lurks an all-too-familiar agenda.
If you haven’t given much thought to the impending AI revolution—and who is jockeying for control of that massively disruptive power—you should start with Waters’ review ([link removed]) .
Put it this way: He doesn’t think that the risks come from the machines.
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CATEGORY: BOOK REVIEW: POINT (8 min)
** The Heart of Education ([link removed])
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In the European Conservative, Christiaan Alting von Geusau is less concerned with the intelligence of machines than with the education of humans ([link removed]) .
He finds deep wisdom in these words: “Education … is making visible what lies hidden as a seed.” Good education draws out a student’s talents through the formation of their character.
These poetic words hold some very practical implications ([link removed]) , Alting von Geusau argues, for what schools should look for in faculty . . . for how campuses should be designed . . . and how we cultivate relationships.
And this true education is a far cry from the “culture of weakness and entitlement” and censorship we find on so many campuses today.
Read the article now ([link removed]) to better understand how 21^st century education has gone off the rails—and how we can bring it back to its courageous, nurturing heart.
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Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.
Unvaxxed and Undermined: How UChicago Persecuted Me for Refusing the COVID Shot ([link removed]) via the Chicago Thinker
On Truth and Bias in the Classroom ([link removed]) via the Dartmouth Review
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CATEGORY: WRITING (8 min)
** The Art of Good Satire ([link removed])
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Have you ever wanted to write satire?
It’s one of the most compelling forms of writing . . .
. . . if it’s done well.
Satire is one of the trickiest literary styles to develop. But pastor-author Douglas Wilson is here to show you how to do it—and more important, when.
In this article you’ll discover:
* why humility is necessary to write good satire
* how to use satire as a tool to promote truth, not subvert it
* the satirical masters you need to read
* how to avoid the trap of becoming a toxic writer instead of a pithy one
* the type of person who should never try his hand at satire
Summer is a great time to learn new skills, so read this article ([link removed]) , crack open some Jane Austen, and then start honing your satirical wit.
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UPCOMING EVENTS ([link removed])
** The Building a Culture of Life—Post March For Life Reception: January 21st, 4 P.M., Hyatt Regency (400 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001) ([link removed])
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Will you be at this year's March For Life in Washington D.C.?
After the March, you're invited to join the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a happy hour to discuss life and liberty! The event will be held after the March for Life at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill.
Our featured speakers are Ryan Anderson and Frederica Mathewes-Green and refreshments will be available.
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“Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?”
—Martin Heidegger
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