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Sunday, 3 August 2025

Slaves in the Islamic world have often found opportunities for social and financial advancement

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  Up to 17 million people have passed through the slave trade in the Muslim world since the 7th century. Tragically, the practice lives on I...
Thursday, 3 July 2025

Built to Last: Memory, imagination, and the architecture of Mariam Issoufou

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  Kibo Ngowi Mariam Issoufou ’s architecture is distinct. Perhaps because it looks so familiar yet so unusual at the same time.  Where the e...
Thursday, 19 June 2025

Why do some societies become creative powerhouses while others stagnate?

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  J ohan Norberg Any decent artist could have created realistic characters, with volume, physical weight and a spatial presence, with the u...
Thursday, 6 March 2025

“Open Socrates” encourages us to recognize how little we know, and to start thinking

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  In “ Open Socrates ,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical life. Jennifer...
Friday, 31 January 2025

The West should be worried: “DeepSeek” hints that China has mastered the art of kaizen

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  he Japanese concept of continuous industrial improvement helps explain Beijing's technological success. Leo Lewis During the height of...
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