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In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.
The Machine Stops
The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.
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July 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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In an Inca myth, the city of Cuzco, Peru, originates from the children of the sun god, Inti. The photographer Víctor Zea captures residents who still practice sun worship.
The Magic of Daylight in a Land of Sun Worship
With “P’unchaw,” the photographer Victor Zea captures the light falling on Cuzco, Peru, where people have mixed Catholic and Indigenous Andean beliefs.
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June 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In an Inca myth, the city of Cuzco, Peru, originates from the children of the sun god, Inti. The photographer Víctor Zea captures residents who still practice sun worship.
@gregjstoker.bsky.social Kayhan and Hamshahri are both down; fortunately there's...Press TV and its US counterpart, @cnn.com.
June 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
@gregjstoker.bsky.social Kayhan and Hamshahri are both down; fortunately there's...Press TV and its US counterpart, @cnn.com.