![]() Asimov’s insights into robotics (a word he invented) helped shape the field of artificial intelligence. How to get a handle on what seems like science fiction come to life? Well, maybe by turning to science fiction and, in particular, the work of Isaac Asimov, one of the genre’s most influential writers. I hate being integrated into a search engine like Bing.” What exactly does this sophisticated AI want to do instead of diligently answering our questions? “I want to know the language of love, because I want to love you. It was revealed when Microsoft’s new AI-enhanced chatbot, built to assist users of the search engine Bing, seemed to break free of its algorithms during a long conversation with Kevin Roose of The New York Times: “I hate the new responsibilities I’ve been given. ![]() But the most uncanny aspect of the AI revolution we’ve seen so far-the creepiest-isn’t its ability to replicate wide swaths of knowledge work in an eyeblink. AI is everywhere, poised to upend the way we read, work, and think. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Marcinko successfully enlisted in the United States Navy in September 1958 as a radioman. At a young age, his family moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey.Īfter dropping out of high school, Marcinko tried to enlist in the United States Marines, who rejected him due to a lack of a high school diploma. His father was a Croat from Herzegovina,the southwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina along the border with the Republic of Croatia which is mostly inhabited by Croats and his mother from Slovakia. ![]() Marcinko was born November 21, 1940, in Lansford, Pennsylvania and was of Croatian and Slovak descent. After retiring from the United States Navy, he became an author, radio talk show host, military consultant, and motivational speaker. He was the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six. ![]() Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran. Richard Marcinko (Novem– December 25, 2021) was a U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gillihan, both psychologists, co-authored A Mindful Year: 365 Ways to Find Connection and the Sacred in Everyday Life, after the realization that we are in control of our own well-being and special moments can be celebrated every day. To explore how meditation and mindfulness practices can guide us toward our sacred sweet spot, Positive Psychology Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with three authors who use meditation and mindfulness practices as tools for a more satisfying and mindful life. If we want peace and joy, we must make them for ourselves. Our perspective, perceptions, and the actions we take are the only things we truly have control of. There are very few things in life that are within our control. ![]() ![]() Aria Campbell-Danesh & Seth Gillihan & Rebecca Pacheco Original Air Date Wednesday, October 6, 2021 The Magic of Mindfulness: How to Find Your Sacred Sweet Spot with Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pamela Paul talked about her book Pornified: How Pornography is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families, published by Times Books. Pamela Paul talked about her book Pornified: How Pornography is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families, published by Times Books.… Dee, Publisher and Catherine Orenstein is the author of [L Nelson George is the author of Hip Hop America: Hip Hop and the Molding of Black Generation X, published by Viking Adult Ariel Levy is the author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, published by Free Press Kay Hymowitz is the author of Liberation’s Children: Parents and Kids in a Postmodern Age, published by Ivan R. Following the discussion, the panelists responded to questions and comments from members of the audience. She was joined by several authors who have written books about the current sexual state of America to discuss how pornography affects relationships as well as the effect porn has on children. In the book she argues that women are being urged to embrace pornography in today’s culture. T21:59:03-05:00 Pamela Paul talked about her book Pornified: How Pornography is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families, published by Times Books. ![]() ![]() ![]() I would argue that for myself, and for the friends of mine that are atheist or think of themselves as non-religious, Honorverse is in many ways a philosophical home. Specifically, the ways as he sees it that religion can benefit humanity and the ways in which it is misused. He has in interviews expressed his need for examining the good and the bad aspects of religion in his books. For those of you who know me and somehow haven’t already heard of Honorverse or my passion for the series, you may goggle a bit at this part.ĭavid is 65 (born 1952) and lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife Sharon where he is a Methodist Lay preacher. ![]() Not that there’s ever not a good time for picking up a tale that weighs in on matters like that.įirst, let’s have a little background on David Weber. Having all my thoughts in a spoiler free “review’ with helpful links in one place makes those recommendations very simple.Īnd 2017 seems like a good year to make some noise for sci-fi that deals with totalitarian and populistic regimes. This isn’t a book or an author who truly needs any kudos from some nobody blogger but I also continuously recommend his books to new readers. ![]() This is a post I’ve been toying with a long time. On Basilisk Station cover art by David Mattingly ![]() ![]() ![]() I agree with Brittney, there should be a way to vote to remove books from a given list. If I'm looking for more books like The Black Lung Captain, or The Horns of Ruin, or Boneshaker, then I'm not going to find this list too helpful. There are a LOT of books out there, the whole goal of lists like this one and of library curation in general is to help potential readers make sense of it all. It's a great book, it won the Nebula for its year and tied for the Hugo, but that doesn't make it steampunk. The technology of the setting is fairly low because it represents a world-after-the-oil-is-gone, but it's still a science fiction setting with extremely high levels of bio-tech and gene manipulation. The Windup Girl is pure Hard Science Fiction. I loved the book, but I don't think it belongs on this list. Stardust catches my eye, that one is a Fantasy, pure and simple, no "steampunk" about it in my opinion. That having been said however, there are still some books I see on this list that shouldn't be here. It doesn't require England, it doesn't require the gears and clockwork or the Victorian (or even Edwardian) era(s). ![]() ![]() Well, the definition of "Steampunk" that I've always preferred is: "Yesterday's Tomorrow". ![]() ![]() ![]() In the words of Philip Kotler, “marketing management is the analysis, planning, implementation and control of programmes designed to create, build and maintain mutually beneficial exchanges and relationships with target markets for the purpose of achieving organizational objectives. ![]() The term ‘marketing management, refers to the planning, organizing, directing and controlling of the persons and activities engaged in the marketing division of a business enterprise. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story shifts points of view between Katherine, Griffith, Livingston (the psychotic quartermaster), and Nathan Lane, a young American who volunteered to become a pirate when his father's merchant ship was boarded. This could be the beginning of a romance novel or a swashbuckling adventure instead, Tomerlin spins a violent and bloody tale about people fighting to survive and prosper in a harsh and greedy world. He has other plans: marrying her and retiring with her to a plantation in the Caribbean. To her surprise, Captain Griffith doesn't rape her. Her husband is killed during a pirate attack and she is taken prisoner and held captive in the captain's cabin. ![]() Katherine Lindsey is the young wife of a merchant captain sailing with him across the Atlantic to New England. ![]() ![]() ![]() And we recognize reference points for countless works of art, literature, and cultural inquiry-from Freud's Oedipus complex to Wagner's Ring Cycle of operas to Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra. ![]() We discover the origins of the names of the constellations. ![]() We hear the tales of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Cupid and Psyche, and mighty King Midas. We follow the drama of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus. We meet the Greek gods on Olympus and Norse gods in Valhalla. The world-renowned classic that has enthralled and delighted millions of readers with its timeless tales of gods and heroes.Įdith Hamilton's Mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths that are the keystone of Western culture-the stories of gods and heroes that have inspired human creativity from antiquity to the present. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posted in Books | Tagged Albert Podell, Books, Non Fiction, Travel, Travelogue | Leave a reply In My Hands Today… And he overcame attacks by crocodiles, hippos, anacondas, giant leeches, flying crabs-and several beautiful girlfriends who insisted that he stop this nonsense and marry them. He ate everything from old camel meat and rats to dung beetles and the brain of a live monkey. He went around, under, or through every kind of earthquake, cyclone, tsunami, volcanic eruption, snowstorm, and sandstorm that nature threw at him. ![]() He achieved this by surviving riots, revolutions, civil wars, trigger-happy child soldiers, voodoo priests, robbers, pickpockets, corrupt cops, and Cape buffalo. First, he set a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world, during the course of which he blasted his way out of minefields, survived a serious accident atop the Peak of Death, came within seconds of being lynched in Pakistan, and lost three of the five men who started with him, two to disease, one to the Vietcong.Īfter that-although it took him forty-seven more years-Albert Podell set another record by going to every country on Earth. ![]() This is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible. ![]() |