Rufin VanRullen discusses advancing AI’s architecture to mirror the human mind through the Global Workspace Theory. With a PhD in Cognitive Science and extensive research on neural processes, he emphasizes rhythmic aspects of visual perception. Brian Greene, a physicist specializing in string theory, hosts this insightful conversation on consciousness and AI development.
Don King, a controversial boxing promoter, has intricately intertwined his career with political figures like Donald Trump. Both have leveraged demagoguery for success and garnered attention through theatricality. King’s past and present embody a mix of ambition, racial advocacy, and deception, showing the blurred lines between entertainment and politics in America.
Juan Villoro After years of writing, the master of paradoxes, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, made a curious statement: “The human race, to which most of my readers belong…”. He thus suggested that his texts were also available to other animals. Read at the beginning of the …
Juan Villoro After six years in power, López Obrador can be seen as a magnificent proselytizer and a failed statesman. He founded a party that, in a few years, won the majority of the country, won the presidency with a record number of votes, maintained …
Juan Villoro Umberto Eco said Pope John Paul II represented “the Middle Ages plus television”. In 2024, the helmsman of St. Peter’s boat has modernized enough to represent the Middle Ages plus the Internet. No religion has given as much impetus to images as Catholicism. …
Juan Villoro Cristina Rivera Garza has become the first Mexican voice to receive the Pulitzer Prize in the memoir or autobiography category. The award, founded in 1917, waited more than a century for this to happen. In journalism, the Pulitzer can be obtained by people …
Inside Job is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Charles Ferguson about the late 2000s financial crisis. The global financial meltdown that took place in the Fall of 2008 caused millions of job and home losses and plunged the United States into a deep economic recession. This documentary thoroughly examines the elements that led to the collapse …
Juan Villoro In the ultimate fulfillment of her tireless work, Victoria Prego died on Labor Day. At 75, the Spanish journalist had worked as a correspondent in London, on numerous television forums, and as assistant director of El Mundo. However, her main endeavor was La …
Photo: Cottonbro Studio on Pexels Juan Villoro My generation learned more things in the street than in school. Knowledge was transmitted in the neighborhood convenience store, where we shared refreshments after playing “coladeritas.” For us, that modest space served the function of the agora in Athens. Photo: Susana Paredes on elsoldecuernavaca.com.mx Many years later, my …
Juan Villoro In 2016, during the campaign for the US presidency, I recalled in this space a novel that anticipated Donald Trump’s triumph: It Can’t Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis, published in 1935, while Mussolini was invading Ethiopia and Hitler was suspending the civil rights …