746. SEEKING SILVER LININGS IN DARK CLOUDS IS A FAVORITE PURSUIT OF THE SELF-APPOINTED WESTERN DEVELOPMENT ‘EXPERTS’. DO NOT BE FOOLED. (Mukesh Kapila) 745. THERE CAN BE NO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT ETHICS AND WITHOUT POLITICS. 744. THE TRUE FREEDOM OF HUMANITY CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY FIGHTING THE IGNORANCE PROMOTED BY THE DEFENDERS OF THE STATUS-QUO; OTHERWISE, THE CATASTROPHIC OMENS MAY MATERIALIZE. (Luis Mesina) 743. HOW MANY OF US LIVE UNDER THE RULE OF THE PREVAILING PARADIGM YET ARE KEENLY AGAINST IT? (Anibal Quijano) 742. IN THEIR AIM TO TO OPEN A PATH, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ALWAYS FACE YET ONE LAST UNFORESEEN HURDLE TO OVERCOME. C’est la vie!