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John Brockman was more than a literary agent â he was a networker and salon impresario. Was he also Jeffrey Epstein's conduit to the academy?"
âHow we live as ethical people and behave and think wisely is not something to optimize, or, crucially, to even let ourselves think about in this wayâ
Despite science's efforts, consciousness isn't quantifiable. The hard problem remains stubbornly hard, but reading poetry may help
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These have been invaluable for me. Maybe they will help you too.
The fix was in, and Dario never had a chance.
Can nations not work hard and continue to prosper?
Essential resources to start with
The future is here, whether you're ready or not.
Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didnât get to earlier in the week. You can check out...
Nuclear experts arenât sure the company could manage to make small reactors both cost-effective and scalable.
LA permitting costs, trickle-down housing, Panasonic stops making TVs, robotaxi remote operators, geothermal progress.
Framed as a strike on âevil,â Washington and Tel Avivâs attacks leave Iran with few off-ramps. Tehranâs incentives now point toward escalation as a matter of survival. A core claim of Trumpism was tha
As the 2026 World Cricket Cup unfolds under diplomatic strain, rising tensions between India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh show that the sport is no longer just a game but a stage where politics, national
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The US and Israel have launched a war against Iran. A great empire will fall.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
AI! AI! AI! and other matters
Today's links California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners: These are the right states' rights. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIP Octavia Butler; "Midnighters";
Artificial intelligence is unlikely to produce permanent mass unemployment, Vivek Chibber argues. But without class struggle from below and state action, automation will deepen inequality and leave wo
Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani met for a second time on Thursday. The meeting was conciliatory, with Mamdani having apparently hypnotized Trump with charisma and overt flattery. Itâs both a savvy and
In Spain, labor minister and Sumar leader Yolanda DĂaz says she wonât run for office again. Yet while she is stepping aside, there are also growing calls for a united left-wing front to fight in next
What Do We Know, What Should We Be Asking?, For What Should We Be Watching
Will Trump try to use the war just launched with Iran as part of a scheme to stay in office for another term?
The appearance of a thoroughly protocolized environment is, almost, the perfect cover for dark practices.
Ideas matter. And it's high time key players in the Horn (politicians, academics, journalists, analysts, and military strategists) chose to escape the pro-war shackles of geography and history.
working out an analogy to one of Borges' haunting writings
Trying to make sense of the conjuncture
âItâs a place of extremes, invisible to our eyes, but now revealed in extraordinary detailâ The post Astronomers Capture Largest Image of Milky Way Ever appeared first on Nautilus.
The politics of professional athletes are a clear reflection of league demographics.
We will learn a lot about Silicon Valley in the upcoming days
That first hit of burger and fries can leave quite the impression The post Early Exposure to Junk Food Has Brain-Altering Effects appeared first on Nautilus.
some recent reading to improve the understanding or to mend the heart
This essay is adapted from Traversal. Just before the eleven-year-old Walt Whitman dropped out of school to begin his first job, his parents diverted a portion of their meager working-class means towa
AI: Utopia, dystopia or something in the middle? The post All of the Jobs That No Longer Exist appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...
âFor months, callers to the Washington state Department of Licensing who have requested automated service in Spanish have instead heard an AI voice speaking English in a strong Spanish accent.â
Because their ancestors evolved in dry places The post Bedbugs Fear Water appeared first on Nautilus.
Legal Realism in CrazyTown facing the chaos-monkey president: Reading the Roberts Court as a Trumpâera power machine as Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Roberts, and Barrett turn Trumpist chaos...
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