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A Modest Proposal to Microchip Humanity for Its Own Health and Safety By Dan Geddes Introduction Technology is changing human society in previously unimaginable ways. Human evolution, which has long been largely biological process, will now continue almost ent... More »
Tom Deisboeck is a Harvard-affiliated scientist turned entrepreneur who attended Technical University Medical School in Munich, Germany, and The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan Business School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also a published... More »
Among his other qualities, the president has a homing instinct for slapping nicknames on his perceived enemies, who include much of the world. Since most Democrats outgrew this habit during middle school, they seem to be at a loss to return the favor. In part ... More »
By Casey Alexander The tour guide marched them into the gift shop for the third time in an hour. Pen and pencil sets, car covers, and inflatable wading pools bore the logo of The College of Alfred and Larry. Ashley’s father bought her a thermos; she wondered... More »
By Anthony Manganaro The balloon erupted in mid-air, and the three dwarfs fell to their deaths. It was the end of the day, and the end of them. They’d lived only eight years, but it was still a sad sight to the residents of Ourton. For these, my dear grandch... More »
By Martin H. Levinson November 19, 1863 Eighty-seven years ago—a time before my Trump Buffalo Steaks, Trump Bowie knives, and Trump Anti-Aging Elixir became famous household names—some outstanding Americans established on this continent a new nation that c... More »
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by Jeffrey Meyers After reading Igor’s flattering obituary I remembered his real character. He was a friend and, in the end, became intolerable. His gradual transformation from weirdness to madness was fearful and tragic. We first met when I was a grad... More »
Next election onwards, there’ll be a second vote for those who turn up with, under their arm, a print copy of one of the larger newspapers and answer a few unobtrusive questions to prove they’ve consumed it correctly. A third for those who al... More »
9/3/19 Note to Workshop: Submission 1 Hello HELLO! Thank you guys so much for reading the start of my big project / fictional novel / demon child that haunts my dreams. I know the semester has just started, but I really think this is going to be an amazing wor... More »