Trolling feels like a new phenomenon. But it existed long before the internet
From Beowulf to Paul Keating, trolling has a long history. Social media, however, and Donald Trump, have taken things next level.
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Trolling feels like a new phenomenon. But it existed long before the internet
He also proceeds chronologically in his tour through trolling in literature, starting with Unferth, the abusive Dane in Hrothgar’s Hall, who engages Beowulf in a combat of words called “flyting.” This ...
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Could AI understand Nietzsche? Maybe with the help of these scholars.
“It was a surprising amount of work,” said Deb Olin Unferth, a professor at the University of Texas who’s preparing a Rebind edition of stories by Kafka. Not that she’s complaining.