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Instead of just Afghanistan, the U.S. military ought to withdraw from the entire Middle East and much of the rest of the world.

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When we rely on the conscious mind alone, we lose; but when we listen to the body, we gain a winning edge.

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Can a war be won from the air? A group of renegade pilots in the 1930s thought so.

If computers can beat us at chess, maybe they could beat us at math, too.

In each of our minds, we draw a demarcation line between beliefs that are reasonable and those that are nonsense. Where do you draw your line?

Once a book is published, who gets to interpret it? Us or the author?

Because of our ability to think about thinking, "the gap between ape and man is immeasurably greater than the one between amoeba and ape."

Scans show similar activity to what occurs when you think about yourself.

The key? A computational flattening algorithm.

Technology of the future is shaped by the questions we ask and the ethical decisions we make today.

In her book The Art of Rest, one researcher conducted a thorough analysis of the top 10 activities we find most restful.

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