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  • Kanye's political career: Thank you Kanye, very cool!

    It seems that the almighty Yeezus has had another revelation.

    On Oct. 30, Kanye West took to Twitter, tweeting that “My eyes are now wide open and now realize I’ve been used to spread messages I don’t believe in. I am distancing myself from politics and completely focusing on being creative !!!”

    It’s not clear what caused ...

    Forum | November 12, 2018
  • Why does YouTube get less criticism for hate speech?

    Hate and hate speech are on the rise in America. As last week’s shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue sadly proved, the U.S. has a darker side.

    Platforms like Facebook and Twitter have again come under public scrutiny for their role in perpetuating hate speech by allowing fascist, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist organizations to publish and share content. This has long been a problem with soc...

    SciTech | November 5, 2018
  • The politicization of tragedies

    The first major shooting that really impacted me was the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on Feb. 14, 2018. As a jaded senior excited about graduation and going to college at Carnegie Mellon, the shooting shocked me out of my final semester reverie.

    When news of the shooting first came out, the details were horrifying. [As reported by CNN](http:// https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/18/us...

    Forum | November 5, 2018
  • Industrial robots increase wages

    Tech experts have done a great job of warning us about the potential dangers of AI and automation — nowadays, you can’t even buy a Roomba without the fear of it becoming sentient and taking over the world.

    While pundits and industry figures predict that the continued advances in robotics will lead to an increasingly impersonal and jobless future, the reality is quite different. According to a ...

    SciTech | October 29, 2018
  • Jamal Khashoggi and the modern-day monarchies

    Imagine that you are arrested for making an anti-government comment. It doesn’t matter if it was serious or a joke, or if you meant any harm by it; the feds just show up at your door one day and drag you off to jail.

    For those of us born and raised in the United States — a Western democracy founded on the principles of free speech, press, assembly, protest, and practice — this idea seems incon...

    Forum | October 29, 2018