The Narthex
A Future Rebellion
AI robots may one day find their human creators irrelevant
By Richard DellOrfano | October 12th 2018 6:20 PMThe Roman Empire depended entirely on its slave culture. Back then, Spartacus, a former Thracian soldier who had deserted, was captured and enslaved. After being forced to perform as a gladiator, he rebelled. He was eventually followed by 70,000 slaves to the mountain caves near Vesuvius. The Empire, threatened after…
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Abstemious monks follow divine dietary plan
By Richard DellOrfano | October 8th 2018 3:39 PM"When we see news clips of a shark swimming near a beach, it scares us into not going near that beach," says Liz Weinandy, a registered dietitian at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center. But "what we should be scared of is double cheeseburgers, french fries and large amounts of…
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When will Americans stop loving stuff?
By Richard DellOrfano | September 25th 2018 1:09 PMCan you guess what industry is among the fastest-growing in the U.S.? Self-storage. A self-storage industry newsletter reported in March 2018 that self-storage boasts an annual industry revenue of $38 billion. American storage facilities number between 44,000 and 52,000, offering around 2.3 billion square feet of rentable space. And when…
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