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The New Paradyne of Algorithms : Slavery

More and more of modern life is steered by algorithms. But what are they exactly, and who is behind them? Tom Whipple follows the trail There are many reasons to believe that film stars earn too much. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie once hired an entire train to travel from London to Glasgow. Tom Cruise’s…

OBAMA: THE GRAND ILLUSION

Will President Obama go down in history for having set a new course on foreign policy, or for having shown unexpected continuity with his predecessor? As one of his first acts after taking office, President Barack Obama signed an executive order to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within one year. “This is me,”…