The Driver in the Driverless Car by Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever is a fascinating look at the consequences of wholeheartedly adopting new technologies as a society. What do we gain, and what might we lose?
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Card Game Review: ‘Pie Rats of the Carob Bean Farm’ from the Wild East Game Company
Players cry "argh!" and compete to be the first to swipe a tasty bounty.
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Maryland is boosting efforts to focus on crime prevention and rehabilitation programs for offenders to reduce recidivism and reliance on the prison-industrial complex.
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: Laura Terruso’s ‘Fits and Starts’
Terruso's directorial debut is a skewering of the art and literary worlds that hits enough of its targets to make for fun viewing.
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A radio show drawing a crowd at SXSW? Had I stepped through a time portal back to the 1930s? The speakers, Catherine Burns, Artistic Director for 'The Moth', and Alexander Huth, from Gallant Laboratory at UC Berkeley, quickly dissuaded me of that idea as they explained this unique pairing of neuroscience and radio.
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There are shortcuts you can take to slash the amount of time it takes to get ready for a date.
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90 percent of kids 2 to 7 are playing video games.
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: ‘M.F.A.,’ Starring Francesca Eastwood
Is it possible to heal and return to normalcy if one is raped?
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If you like films about quirky characters, spirituality, and human connections, you’ll like 'Lucky.'
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: ‘Spettacolo’ – Autodrama in Tuscany
What if your life was enacted onstage and you were the actor playing yourself?
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