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There had been a great battle, just before his visit, which had ended rather oddly: the vanquished army ran away at full speed, and in a very few minutes found themselves face-to-face with the victorious army, who were marching home again, and who were so frightened at finding themselves between two armies, that they surrendered at once!

Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll

LEWIS CARROLL

Ability is the apparatus that establishes a shift in liberalism’s approach to the body and to the economy. It is the new approach to human capacity that gives rise to a new economic theory of labor – one grounded in new kind of *Homo Oeconomicus*: human capital.

On Human Capital and the Eugenic Commitment

RevoltingBodies

Decision making. The first group involves using computers to automate consequential decisions. These are called automatic decision systems and they are often used, for example, in the process of setting bail, approving loans, screening résumés, or allocating social benefits. These uses are contentious, and rightfully so, because they have extreme ramifications for people who are subject to the system’s recommendations.

The AI Con

Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna

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