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Carmine Starnino

Carmine Starnino

The Walrus

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Editor’s Letter: Beware of the Newsroom-Destroying “Answer Engine”

S everal months ago, a new search engine called Perplexity received widespread acclaim. For one online reviewer, it was “the absolute pinnacle of...

04.03.2024 3

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Did the Israel Defense Forces Underestimate Hamas?

I srael’s war on Gaza is a consequence multiplier. Every day brings horrific new after-effects—both regional and geopolitical—that have to be...

23.01.2024 9

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Editor’s Letter: Social Media Has Lost Its Shine

E nshittification, a word coined by author and journalist Cory Doctorow, describes the process by which thriving online platforms decay as they...

19.01.2024 20

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A Canadian Art Gallery Refuses to Reckon with Former Director’s Nazi Ties

I t would be hard to overstate Ferdinand Eckhardt’s impact on the Canadian art world. Eckhardt arrived in Canada from Vienna in 1953, and under his...

07.12.2023 8

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Editor’s Letter: Why We Can’t Unfriend Big Tech

I f you’re in Canada and have recently tried to share one of our articles on Facebook or check us out on Instagram, you’ve probably run into a...

07.12.2023 6

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Editor’s Letter: Why We Can’t Trust AI

“T he Sorceror’s Apprentice,” a ballad the German poet Goethe published in 1798, is about a novice magician who summons a broom to carry water...

05.10.2023 8

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