The month in books
April brings three visions of human beings as machines—along with an outstanding novel
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Top ten brains of the digital future
Who are the world's leading thinkers on technology? Prospect has convened an expert panel to select the top ten minds whose ideas are helping to shape our future -
China’s new intelligentsia
Despite the global interest in the rise of China, no one is paying much attention to its ideas and who produces them. Yet China has a surprisingly lively intellectual class whose ideas may prove a serious challenge to western liberal hegemony -
Wittgenstein’s forgotten lesson
Wittgenstein's philosophy is at odds with the scientism which dominates our times. Ray Monk explains why his thought is still relevant.
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