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Can Selfless Robots Inspire Us To Be Better Humans?

The Horizons Tracker

Pop culture is brimming with brave and selfless robots like WALL-E, R2D2, and the Iron Giant who assist humans and evoke emotions within us. Certain narratives spotlighted the humans while others emphasized the robots. While we’re well known to be inspired by other humans, might the same be the case for robots?

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In an Age of Self-Promotion, Celebrating the Invisibles

Harvard Business Review

Morgan Neville’s “Twenty Feet From Stardom” , a contender in the Best Documentary Feature category, is an examination of pop music’s backup singers, and launches its subjects, at least briefly, into the limelight. Among the films nominated for an Oscar this Sunday, I am rooting for one in particular.