Adrien Book
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Strategy Consultant | Tech Writer | Somewhat French
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Why do we need Political correctness ?
When I passed my philosophy exam half a decade ago, the essay question to answer was: “Is freedom threatened by equality?”. A daunting question for an 18-year-old, and one I never expected to henceforth regularly encounter, regardless of phrasing. In hindsight, the fact that it has should come as no surprise — this question has animated political discourse, in various forms, since the 1790s. The fight over political correctness is just its most recent iteration.
By Adrien Book4 years ago in The Swamp
Deus Ex Machina: Religion in the age of Artificial Intelligence
Talking about machine learning and deep learning is one thing. Seeing their connections to the divine is something else entirely. As artificial intelligence startups and use cases flourish, it's important to take a step back and see the whole picture.
By Adrien Book4 years ago in Futurism
To Fix Higher Education, Change Its Business Model
The higher education industry is absolutely broken; we’ve known this for a few decades. There are so many different ways to teach young adults, yet few of them have been considered, much less adopted, over the past 40 years.
By Adrien Book4 years ago in Education
All hail the Hexagon
A week ago, Twitter announced it is launching a service to showcase NFTs as profile photos. It is doing so by allowing Twitter Blue users to link an account to a digital wallet, which itself uses an API to access the Ethereum Blockchain, where information about a “minted” image is stored. The resulting profile picture takes the shape of an hexagon. If that sounds like convoluted techno-babble, trust your instincts.
By Adrien Book4 years ago in Geeks
