Laqueur’s book dwells on the way that canines often function in art—as seers of things that people miss.
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Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
Seeing around the bend in the river—or even knowing the river ahead does indeed bend—can require the sort of leap of faith that made Vannevar Bush insist that shamans, priests and spiritual seers are the antecedents of today’s engineering stars.
The first generation of oracles solved the bridging problem, but the question of integrity has remained unanswered.
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Mike Cahill,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
During the formative phase of the infant American republic, when its survival was still problematic, iconic founders performed a valuable function as reliable sources of unquestioned wisdom, a veritable gallery of Delphic oracles available on demand.
Some futurists compare this development to our primitive ancestors’ discovery of fire.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
For decades engineers, architects, futurists, industrialists, investors and politicians have been pining for a better, faster and cheaper way to build homes.
This is where the city stages its daily open-air show — street artists sketching portraits, fortune-tellers shuffling cards and musicians playing for appreciative crowds.
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Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
Street artists and fortune-tellers set up here daily, creating a scene that feels spontaneous every time.
This idea was the work of the apostles and prophets of the New Apostolic Reformation, a charismatic movement that began gathering momentum in the 1990s and is now the leading edge of the Christian right.
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Stephanie McCrummen,
The Atlantic,
18 May 2026
Like all prophets, The Storyteller arrives at an auspicious moment in human history.
The largest risk looms on the northeastern plains, forecasters said.
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Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
And another swell from the south will bring even bigger waves, with forecasters calling for some standout spots to see surf in the 8-to 12-foot range by early this week.
The faculty at that time included local visionaries Whitney Halstead and Kathleen Blackshear, who urged their students to look beyond the Western canon.
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Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
And companies that endure—the ones that outlive industries, cycles and founders—are led by people who operate as architects, not just visionaries.
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