The first hydraulic telegraph was invented in the fourth century B.C.E. by a Hellenistic writer on the art of war, named ...
Greece falls as Axis troops push through the last Allied defences. New plans are made for a German invasion of Crete, and a ...
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On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message, tapping out the biblical phrase “What hath God ...
Bugonia” is surprisingly subdued for a movie about alien conspiracy theories.
There’s a bunch of chili crisps that came on the market a few years ago. I was doing a bunch of taste tests, and this one was ...
Prologue The Roosevelt poster on freedom is timeless. I thought about its message while on the Parthenon. In early October ...
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Among some people, it changed their lifestyles, brought comfort in daily lives, improved health, education, and business.
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The Age of De-Skilling

But the real puzzle isn’t whether de-skilling exists—it plainly does—but rather what kind of thing it is. Are all forms of de ...