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Robert Harris returns to ancient Rome with Agrippa – a novel about an empire’s forgotten architect

Robert Harris has returned to Rome with his new novel, Agrippa. It’s a fictional autobiography of M. Vipsanius Agrippa, right-hand man of the Emperor Augustus, purportedly written in the days before Agrippa’s death at the age of 50 in 12BC.

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Agrippa by Robert Harris review – persuasive portrait of rivalry in ancient Rome

This fictional memoir by Octavius’s right-hand man shows us bloodshed, betrayal and hectic jockeying for power

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Generational conflict has been around forever – just ask the ancients

“It is the law of human life and of human nature that a new generation is ever coming forth,” said the Roman statesman Cicero (106–43 BCE).

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Supervillain or Cicero? Why Palantir’s manifesto has such sinister vibes

Earlier this month, multibillion-dollar US tech company Palantir posted on X a summary of its chief executive Alex Karp’s recent book, the portentously titled The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West.

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Anthony Scaramucci: America's billionaires and presidents have forgotten the lesson that destroyed Rome

From Caesar to Silicon Valley, the pattern is always the same — and we're running out of time to change course.

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If You Know What “Veni, Vidi, Vici” Means, You Might Decode The Rest Of These 28 Roman Sayings

Languages come and go, but some sayings just never die. The Romans left us plenty of short, sharp phrases that still feel relevant today. Some of the famous lines came from Cicero or Caesar, other sayings shaped law, politics, and everyday life - but all of them pack a lot…

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Hot off making the biggest city in any Elder Scrolls game, Tamriel Rebuilt is already eyeing one 'Twice the size'

The mad lads are gonna do it.

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After 24 years, the Morrowind modders behind Tamriel Rebuilt aren't afraid of a Bethesda remake akin to Oblivion Remastered as it would "ruin the game entirely"

Oblivion was "easier to remaster" than Morrowind would be

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Morrowind's new city from Tamriel Rebuilt is 'Bigger than any playable Elder Scrolls city in general,' and a single hero made its exterior

Putting the 'labour' in labour of love.

PC Gamer

Massive Morrowind mod Tamriel Rebuilt couldn't be less worried about Bethesda going for an Oblivion-style remaster: 'Modernising Morrowind would just ruin the game entirely'

And by god, they're right.

PC Gamer

The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught with moral peril

“Who wants to live forever?” Freddie Mercury mournfully asks in Queen’s 1986 song of the same name.

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Justin Trudeau quits: What Canada’s Liberal Party can learn from the fall of Rome

Canada finds itself at a moment of reckoning. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as recent polls place his governing Liberal Party at its lowest support levels in decades, with voter intent hovering at just 16 per cent.

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St. Augustine was no stranger to culture wars – and has something to say about today’s

Americans are deeply divided, and the results of the 2024 presidential election are unlikely to heal these divisions. If the 2020 election is any indication, they might even become worse.

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The stoicism secret: how Ryan Holiday became a Silicon Valley guru

He has sold 5m books about this ancient Greek approach to life – and been feted by sports teams and CEOs. What makes this former PR man so popular?

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Nude athletes and fights to the death: what really happened at the ancient Olympics

The first recorded victor at the Olympics was Coroebus of Elis. A cook by profession, Coroebus won the event called the “stadion” – a footrace of just under 200 metres, run in a straight line.

International Business Times

AI Systems Are Already Deceiving Us -- And That's A Problem, Experts Warn

Experts have long warned about the threat posed by artificial intelligence going rogue -- but a new research paper suggests it's already happening.

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What are the liberal arts? A literature scholar explains

The term “liberal arts” is one of the most misunderstood terms in the public discourse on higher education today. A higher education expert once said that putting the words “liberal” and “arts” together was a “branding disaster” – one so toxic that it was undermining public support for higher education.…

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The Last Honest Man: Frank Church and the fight to restrain US power

Pulitzer-winner James Risen calls the late Democratic senator an ‘American Cicero’ – and makes a strong case

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Meta’s tricksy bot fools humans in war game

Meta’s AI not only plays better than most humans, it does so without them knowing it’s just a bot.

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An AI named Cicero can beat humans in Diplomacy, a complex alliance-building game. Here's why that's a big deal

In a rare piece of good news from Meta, artificial intelligence researchers at the company have just announced a scientific breakthrough. Their AI program named Cicero can now play the board game Diplomacy at a human level.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Liz Truss’ downfall won’t end trickle-down economics

With former British Prime Minister Liz Truss’ free-market reforms having severely wounded the British economy, a chorus of pundits have claimed that the end of free-market thought is upon us. Who could at this point be so foolhardy as to claim that simply cutting taxes for the rich — and…

The Hindu

Taking the mike

Public speaking is a priceless skill for everyone, especially those in public life

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PayPal’s Peter Thiel may be a ‘genius’, but I’m still not champing at the bitcoin

People are confusing wealth and intelligence if they read too much into the tech entrepreneur’s cheerleading for the cryptocurrency

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The Guardian view on Zelenskiy’s strategy: giving war – and peace – a chance

Editorial: Ukraine is a democracy able to make concessions for peace, while Russia is guided by an unyielding Vladimir Putin

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On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff review – timely meditations on comfort

From Cicero to El Greco, Marx to Mahler, a study of solace through the ages offers lessons from the broken

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