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New York Chinatown (1982)

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As well-known President and unintentional Luddite D. D. Eisenhower prophesied when he left office, there is now a permanent power establishment of admirals, generals and corporate CEO's, up against whom us average poor bastards are completely outclassed, although Ike didn't put it quite that way. We are all supposed to keep tranquil and allow it to go on, even though, because of the data revolution, it becomes every day less possible to fool any of the people any of the time. If our world survives, the next great challenge to watch out for will come - you heard it here first - when the curves of research and development in artificial intelligence, molecular biology and robotics all converge. Oboy. It will be amazing and unpredictable, and even the biggest of brass, let us devoutly hope, are going to be caught flat-footed.

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City of London – Robert Frank

Robert Frank, Pivotal Figure in Documentary Photography, Is Dead at 94

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Japanese WWII warplane lies wrecked in shallow water off Guam

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Television Newspaper: Rather than: ‘Can it be done?’ we might ask: ‘When will it be done?’  Can it be Done? syndicated comic, Scoops magazine UK (1934/1935).

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2012

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Summer Night, Harald Sohlberg, 1899

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at South Paw Farm

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