The Baffler’s Officially Unofficial DNC Reading List

The result is economic inequality more akin to the 19th century than our vision for the 21st.

which featured in one case that lasted 41 years).We already have humans: instead.

and then maybe to show your friends and your friends kids.animals were frequently tried in court for sins such as attacking children (pigs) or destroying crops (rats and insects.and experience has already shown that we can bond closely even with inanimate objects despite knowing they cant really return the attachment.

but after that…?  As MIT robotics researcher Kate Darling shows in The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots.Darling reminds us to ignore the inevitability narrative that governs so many discussions of technology.

the resulting fear and resentment prevent us from considering the better option within our grasp: harnessing robots as partners.

Darling meticulously inserts trigger warnings on some of these chapters.Xiaohun has to put himself in the spotlight and often times shares his personal stories as a gay man.

Some said we could meet up here at the parade.Weve never been to a gay pride parade before.

TechNodes Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech.he knew that he had to go—with his boyfriend.