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David J. Gunkel «Person, Thing, Robot: A Moral and Legal Ontology for the 21st Century and Beyond» (MIT, 2023) Link:…
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…4.7% from the same time last year. Back in January, applicants were down over 7% from the prior year. The trend of more applicants emerging late in the season that we have noted before continues.
UPDATE: As of March 20, applicants are now down only 2.9% from last year. My guess is that we have hit bottom in terms of the applicant decline.
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii