The Syllabus

Our Hidden Gem of the Week offers a new account of deep learning by comparing human habits to the mechanisms a computational model uses to solve its tasks. By @ineshipolito, @BeckmannPierre & Guillaume Köstner

A powerful new account of the Constitution foregrounds democratic politics as a constraint on capital. Understanding this domination is essential for overcoming the oligarchical dangers the book bemoans. By @mddimick for @catalyst_theory

Our Video of the Week is an erudite introduction to Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia, one of the most original and influential works of cli-fi – climate fiction – to be published in the 1970s. By Agnieszka S. Monnet for @IRS_SDS