USA · Ideenmagazin (Berggruen Institute)
When James Perry committed a triple murder in 1993, he did it by the book. One book, specifically: “Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors. ” Perry, a street preacher who had never killed anyone, followed at least 20 instructions from “Hit Man.
Earlier this month, the Berggruen Institute gathered religious scholars, philosophers, quantum physicists, AI technologists, neuroscientists and science fiction novelists at Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice to ponder the nature of consciousness.
On day one of America’s supposedly “ most precise ” aerial bombing campaign in history, 150 people, including 120 children, at Iran’s Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School, were killed . Over the following weeks, nearly two dozen more schools along with 10 hospitals were also hit by air strikes.