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.
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.
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.
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