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“When Shonda Rhimes writes her autobiography, it should be called How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman.”

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Alessandra Stanley is a distinguished journalist recognized for her expertise in television and media criticism. Born in 1955, she has made significant contributions to journalism, particularly in the area of media analysis and commentary. Over the years, she has contributed to various esteemed publications and has been a regular contributor to television programs, providing insightful perspectives on the media industry. more

“People are mostly sane enough, of course, in the affairs of common life: the getting of food, shelter, and so on. But the moment they attempt any depth or generality of thought, they go mad almost infallibly. The vast majority, of course, adopt the local religious madness, as naturally as they adopt the local dress. But the more powerful minds will, equally infallibly, fall into the worship of some intelligent and dangerous lunatic, such as Plato, or Augustine, or Comte, or Hegel, or Marx.”

“So here I was in the middle of the AI world-not just hanging out there but totally dependent on the people if I expected to have a job once I graduated-and yet, day by day, AI started to seem insane. This is also what I do: I get myself trapped inside of things that seem insane.”

People Ifs World Seems Jobs Middle Expected Insane Dependent Hanging Out Trapped

Author:Philip E. Agre

“For realists, war is like surgery-a painful and dangerous activity that is sometimes necessary ... A pacifist is like a Christian Scientist who is against surgery even when the alternative is the crippling or death of the patient.”

War Sometimes Christian Dangerous Activity Scientist Patient Painful Alternatives Surgery Realist Pacifist

Book:Vietnam: The Necessary War

Source: Vietnam: The Necessary War

“Libertarians are not the brightest lights in the candelabra, a fact that is evident from the alternatives they tend to offer to public prevention of private abuses. For example: if you don’t like working a hundred hours a week for twenty-five cents a day, then find another employer! It is obvious to intelligent people, if not libertarians, that more generous employers will price themselves out of a market whose standards are set by the most rapacious.”

People Ifs Facts Light Hours Five Week Example Offers Standards Hundred Abuse Twenties Intelligent Obvious Libertarian Alternatives Generous Cents Evident Employers Twenty Five Prevention

Author:Michael Lind

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