Answers to 30 Movie Quotes + 9 More
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Not mere commentary and opinion. Mini-courses, grounded in the study of global and American history and culture, what ifs, wide travel, and journalistic experience. Seeking a common understanding of humanity, politics, religion, and the arts, with humor.
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ID 30 Famous Movie Quotes!
Part of Cultural Literacy
Leonardo Vs. Michelangelo
The micro-learning app Paladin turns the rivalry between Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo into a battle between two tortured geniuses.
A Week in History, August 6-12. Nixon's 1974 Resignation + Paladin App Neglects Fact-Checking
Micro-learning history apps that advertise heavily on social media, such as Paladin, are increasingly popular, with tens of thousands of users, but buyer beware. Paladin is clickbait, full of embellishments and exaggerations by unchecked artificial intelligence and hyped-up marketing copy, not solid historical learning.
Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser, and the Rise, Fall and Rise Again of the Whig Party
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), longtime Republican majority leader, discussed Henry Clay, one of his political heroes.
GOP Senators, Intimidated, Rubberstamp Trump AG + Authoritarian Agenda
Senators forfeit Constitutional responsibilities. Why?
2,000+Years Of British History In 10 Minutes, From Founding to Empire's Collapse
I suppose if you memorized the above, you would know something…until you forgot it!
Churchill and the Bengal Famine: Paladin’s Account Scores 6 Out of 10 On Accuracy
Paladin appears to rely on artificial intelligence to write its posts.
Bronze Age Collapse, Oversimplified By One AI, Critiqued By Another
Around 1177 B.C the Bronze Age collapsed mysteriously.
117 A.D in Ancient Rome, At the Height of the Empire, Envisioned By AI
Using models of mosaics retrieved from Pompeii and other preserved parts of the Roman Empire, artificial intelligence produced by Paladin, a micro-learning app, has created a very believable vision and “you are there” feel.