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The Problem of Power and the Prince
“Eisgruber’s case, while morally objectionable, is at least understandable in light of his position as University president. As one who answers to several conflicted parties, he must at times make concessions that, while consistently appealing to the least satisfying intersection of opposing parties, keep at least some subset of people happy. The Prince, unlike Eisgruber,…
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Ethical Engineers
“Overturning decades and decades of conduct of computer scientists is a Herculean effort, but it’s one that is perhaps long overdue.”
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Telescoping Youth
Memories may fade as distance grows wider between ourselves and our young selves, but one thing remains constant: if we dig down deep into the recesses of our experiences, hold light up to the seeds of our current moment, brush off the dust, we might find something worth writing about.
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Edison by Train Window
“Bread lying open face on the lightly dented plastic, white table, the one you always see at bake sales.”
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Stages of Departure
“What do you do when you suspect that you’ve unleashed the atom bomb of the Universe”
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Poland Rising Part II
“There’s no way to keep their memory alive perfectly; with time, their carcasses will fade from the streets and then from memory.”
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Poland Rising
“Why does it happen that our time in Warsaw culminates in this very room, face to face with a novel that seems, much like the Palace of Culture and like the current incarnation of the city of Warsaw, to plant itself resolutely on top of a history that has no monuments, no voice to speak…
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Generation
Stasis in darkness. Then the substanceless blue— In the picture I have of you, Melts in the wall.??? The idiot A cleft in your chin instead of your foot, your root, I never could tell where you— Put your foot— For the hearing of my heart— It really goes.