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The Humanities, Brain Science And The Unforgiving Minute, Raymond L. Forbes
The Humanities, Brain Science And The Unforgiving Minute, Raymond L. Forbes
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Many independent authors from a wide variety of disciplines have come to a similar, if somewhat startling, conclusion; that we are currently at another “tipping point” in human history. Our arrival at this particular juncture in time seems to be the consequence of a potent mix of past trends and contemporary forces. Collectively, these energies act to feed exponentially growing technical and social change. In addition, there appears to be some agreement by thoughtful observers that the turmoil of our present epoch can be personified by four factors: volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity More specifically, the technical and societal changes …
Strange Fruit: Race, Terror, And The War On Terror, Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D.
Strange Fruit: Race, Terror, And The War On Terror, Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D.
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This poem examines drone warfare as a form of lynching. “Strange Fruit” links the deaths of Pakistani children Zeerak and Maria Khan to the murders of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, documented in the most infamous lynching photograph in U.S. history.