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Word of the Day: SycophanticWord of the Day: Sycophantic captures a timeless human tendency: the inclination to praise power in pursuit of advantage. Rooted in ancient...- Word of the day: ObsequiousObsequious, refers to behavior that is signified by excessive obedience, flattery, or submissiveness, mainly toward someone in a position o...
- It makes sense that people see AI as GodPublic discourse increasingly frames artificial intelligence in religious, even apocalyptic terms. Podcasters, writers and tech elites like...
- Chatbots can go into a delusional spiral. Here's how it happens.For three weeks, Canadian recruiter Allan Brooks engaged in an intense, delusional ChatGPT exchange, convinced he'd discovered groundbreaki...
- Photo-op, that embarrassing visual power play that people are happy to end up doingGoing to lengths to have your photograph taken with a powerful or famous person gives you the kind of brand equity that says, ‘Look, I have...
- From 'Shin Ultraman' to 'Tang & Me', 5 addictive sci-fi films to binge-watch nowCan't get enough of sci-fi? Here's a list of some must-see films on life in Milky Way, friendly robots and more!
- The sycophant in the room: The world is even flatterer than it seemsSycophants thrive, and indeed survive, on high visibility. A shy toady is purposeless. He or she needs to be seen grovelling, so that in th...
- What do you do if around an alpha male or female, the one who calls the shots?Aggro peeps are the alpha. They take charge, they make things happen, they lay down the law and they die early.
- Hysteria about freelance journalist Vaidik speaks poorly of our media and political classUntil his controversial meeting with Hafiz Saeed his name didn’t ring a bell much beyond Delhi’s incestuous circle of policy wonks and medi...
- A peek into Taiwanese 'ghost month'That they propitiate the spirits of not only ancestors but also enemies is what intrigued Sharmila Chand about the Ghost Month observed by ...
- In her third term, Jayalalithaa turns kind, friendlyFor, nothing in her two earlier innings as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister could have suggested Jayalalithaa can make such a friendly offer.
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