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A War Decades in the Making

In November 1893, a British diplomat named Mortimer Durand sat down in Kabul with Afghan Emir Abdur Rahman Khan and drew a line through a map. The line ran 2,640 kilometres straight through the Pashtu...

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Opinion

What Did High-achieving Use to Mean?

The modern “high-achieving” high schooler is easy to recognize: taking AP classes, getting perfect grades. This achievement often means engaging with ideas in the most superficial sense. Students take...

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Philosophy

Can Machines Ever Be Conscious?

You can’t prove you’re conscious. I mean, I know you are. You’re reading this, agreeing or disagreeing at this very moment. But if I asked you to prove that you’re actually experiencing things, and tha...

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Opinion

Wealth Redistribution – Can Taxes on the Rich Close the Gap?

The idea of taxing America’s most wealthy has become a staple in domestic politics– from Donald Trump declaring it a socialist policy to Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren fully endorsing it — the pol...

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A War Decades in the Making

What Did High-achieving Use to Mean?

Can Machines Ever Be Conscious?

Wealth Redistribution – Can Taxes on the Rich Close the Gap?