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August 1, 2016
Complex Systems
AI measurement is a new field, and everything is still under contention—not just how we test but what we should be testing for.
Begin the World Over Again
I was once told that I was in an abusive relationship with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. It is true that they have…
Mano a Mano
Aristotle, a student of a wrestler named Plato, taught that eudaimonia, usually translated as “happiness” or “the good life,” requires both intellectual and moral virtues.…
Little-known fact: Samuel Beckett, Nobel Prize-winning Irish novelist, poet and playwright, was also a prolific standardized-test writer. What follows is a selection of SAT questions from his archive.
If you liked this essay, you’ll love reading The Point in print.