Book & Article Reviews

Summary The opinion editorial has a negative reaction to Trump’s election, highlighting the necessity of balancing the president’s power through the two other branches. It does not support the reasons for voting Trump, suggesting that Trump cannot solve the nation’s problems and will focus on using the great amount of power. The author reemphasizes this … Read more

Summary Although Elon Musk and Donald Trump seemed to praise each other after Trump’s presidential victory, the article does not believe the relationship will last long. It looks at it from a business perspective; Trump no longer needs Musk, as he used the donations to get elected, and the job is done. A parallel example … Read more

Summary Narendra Modi has attempted to centralize the government, but has partially been voted out. It is worth seeking a method that runs more states independently. Indian states are quite powerful and holds great responsibility. One problem, though, is that states lack autonomy and too large. It simply needs more states to fit its large … Read more

Summary The article points out that Ukraine is losing the war. As the costly and unsustainable battle continues, a change seems necessary. We can infer this by looking at how much Russia’s eastern front has been pushed. The risk of defense failure is increasing. Ukraine is struggling even off the battlefield. Power is rare, armies … Read more

Summary Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn as the president of Sri Lanka on September 23rd. His party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) began as a Marxist-Leninist movement with two failed but violent uprisings against Sri Lanka in the 1970s and 1980s. Tens of thousands of Sri Lankans were killed or went missing. Mr Dissanayake himself … Read more

Summary Technology was used and built by war. AI has risen in recent days. Drones, GPS signals, and enhanced command using data technology have developed. This type of war increases the magnitude of destruction and speed of war. AI does not mean militaries get leaner. When AIs identify 10,000 targets, they should have the weapons … Read more

Summary Russia bombs Ukraine as a tool of terror and cutting power. Ukraine wants to use American missiles for Russia, but America is not allowing it. Financial help has been given, but not so much on weapons. While Britain and France allow the usage of their military technology, Germany and USA do not. America claims … Read more

Summary The article kicks off by noting the exceptional two decades after 1995, where a great amount of extreme poverty and preventable diseases were solved. This positive trend has waned, however. Extreme poverty, general poverty, public health, and economic growth of LMICs all fail to show meaningful development. Foreign aid used to help a lot. … Read more

Summary This article discusses the stalemate that AI is going through since OpenAI’s GPT. An obstacle is economic profitability, as the cost to train and use these AIs consumes high amounts of electricity. This is common for new technology; space technology and energy have developed more after hardships. Chips are using other methods for efficiency, … Read more

Summary Vocabulary amiss: out of the right or proper course, order, or condition; improperly; wrongly; astray: Sentence: The confirmation of the referee let everyone in the stadium nothing was amiss. rife: of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use: Sentence: After the elections, riots against the president were rife. unperturbed: not … Read more