Category: JRR Tolkien

Michael Zwaagstra: ChatGPT Underscores Importance of Traditional Education

February 7, 2023
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Commentary By now, most teachers have heard about ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence program with an uncanny ability to write clear, coherent, and compelling paragraphs about almost any topic under the sun. Whether you need a 1,000-word essay (with references!) summarizing the history of Canada, a 500-word article extolling the virtues of your favourite city, or…

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Cryptocurrency Named After ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Deemed a Trademark Violation

November 25, 2021
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A cryptocurrency named after “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy was successfully blocked by the estate of author J.R.R. Tolkien on Tuesday after judges deemed it a trademark violation. The coin, called “JRR Token,” was set up by Florida-based developer Matthew Jensen and launched in August 2021. An accompanying website, jrrtoken.com, which later became thetokenofpower.com, was…

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Landscapes, Legends, and Literature

January 31, 2021
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A sense of place affects us throughout our lives—or at least it should. Think of walking on a sunny warm day, vivid in its optimism, and then seeing someone skulking down an alley—furtive darkness amongst the light. Does a story begin to form in the recesses of your mind? Or were you so engrossed in…

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