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Is the Internet Making Us Too Literate?

Is the Internet Making Us Too Literate?

Karl D. Stephan mercatornet.com Karl D. Stephan received a B S in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1976. Following a year of graduate study at Cornell, he received a Master of Engineering degree in 1977 and was employed by Motorola, Inc. and Scientific-Atlanta as an RF

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Russian Masterpiece Anticipated the War in Ukraine

Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. The best-known 20th century Ukrainian novelist is … ? No, not Marina Lewycka, author of the prize-winning British novel A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, which won a clutch of prizes in 2005 and sold

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How AI Impacts the Future of Agriculture

Robert Sparrow Mark Howard lens.monash.edu Robert Sparrow is a Professor of Philosophy, Monash Data Futures Institute Mark Howard is a Research Fellow, Philosophy, Monash Data Futures Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence in Electromaterial Science “The world is not data,” states a new Monash-led paper on the future of

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Rhode Island: Mandatory Vax or Pay Double Income Tax

Rhode Island: Mandatory Vax or Pay Double Income Tax

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom,

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Inflation: the Quick and Dirty Facts

Jeff Deist mises.org Jeff Deist is president of the Mises Institute, where he serves as a writer, public speaker and advocate for property, markets and civil society. He previously worked as a longtime advisor and chief of staff to Congressman Ron Paul, for whom he wrote hundreds of articles

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Fact Checking Common Misconceptions about Porn

familyfirst.org.nz Porn has been labelled ‘the new drug’, with so many people now addicted to internet porn. Sadly, a significant portion of the internet is devoted to pornography sites, and viewership among adults and minors is on the rise. Around 35 per cent of all internet downloads are

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