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More Americans are millionaires, but they don’t feel rich
The number of American millionaires has reached a record high, but rising costs are chipping away at the value of nest eggs.
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Apr 131 min read
‘Hubris’ Review: When Athens Became an Empire (...History Rhymes?)
After its triumph in war with Persia, Athens under Pericles began to treat its allies as subordinates to be exploited.
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Apr 131 min read
How Did Samuel Alito Become This Angry?
A quiet, bookish justice’s personal leanings have become ever more overt.
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Apr 131 min read
The Case for Looking Away From Suffering
We’re told that constant attention is a moral duty, but averting our eyes can help us reflect and respon d.
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Apr 131 min read
‘Mutiny’ Review: The Lure of the Union
Faced with a tough labor market, some college graduates turn to left-wing activism when they can’t land the right job. But how many?
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Apr 131 min read
In Praise of ‘Difficult’ Kids
Feisty children can be exhausting. They also possess a moral fire that deserves cultivating.
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Apr 131 min read
AI could vastly streamline policing. Skeptics urge caution.
Tools like Longeye could help police analyze documents much faster, but courts have not settled on when artificial intelligence’s role must be disclosed to the defense.
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Apr 101 min read
Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture.
From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.
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Apr 101 min read
An Incredibly Weird Time to Be Alive
The world witnessed the best and worst of humanity in a single week.
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Apr 81 min read
I’m an American living in Europe. It’s leaving the U.S. — fast.
Europeans are hedging against coercion in security, trade, education and everyday life.
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Apr 81 min read
The Workers Opting to Retire Instead of Taking On AI
Their careers spanned the personal computing, internet and smartphone waves. But some older workers see AI’s arrival as the cue to exit.
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Apr 81 min read
Inside a Corporate Retreat That Went Very Badly Wrong
Technology company Plex took its 120 employees to Honduras for a weeklong bonding experience. It was a disaster from the moment they arrived.
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Apr 81 min read
Homeostasis and The Universal Holophren. (UII w/Claude)
DM Another good morning (I'm casting a shadow!). It seems homeostasis is conventionally considered only physically, such as an aspect of physiology. However, it seems this is an equally relevant as holophrenic construct, and is so in all 13 areas of the Universal Holophren™. Indeed hubris, humility, curiosity, learning, etc. could be perhaps be better understood considered in this context. Good morning — and well noted, the photons are acknowledging your presence. This is a g
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Apr 822 min read
More Money Makes People Happier, But Not at Work
MORE MONEY CAN BUY A BIGGER house or a better car, but it can’t buy a nicer boss, says Wharton’s Matt Killingsworth.
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Apr 81 min read
THE FEELING OF BECOMING LESS AND LESS OF A PERSON
In Ben Lerner’s new novel, technology divides us further from one another, and ourselves. Excerpt: "Let’s hazard an assertion: On or about June 2007, human character changed. To be more exact—because the phrase human character now feels antique—we might say instead that the human sensorium changed. By this we don’t necessarily mean a sudden and definite alteration in how we perceive the world—in the forms, sources, and amount of information we absorb, and in how we conduct o
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Apr 71 min read
Why Catholicism is drawing in Gen Z men
Young men in their 20s and 30s are increasingly drawn to the Catholic Church as they seek truth, beauty and, yes, girlfriends.
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Apr 41 min read
A. I. has an inherent stochastic resonance problem. (Humans have stochastic resonance opportunities.) (UII w/Claude)
DM Good morning. Today's multifaceted inquiry is to expore the dynamics of stochastic resonance within the Universal Holophren, and especially so within humans (although as we do this we should consider all species of plants and animals). Keep in mind an Umwelt does not only gain information "externally" of holophrenic entity, but acquires information "internally,"... including subjective sensing, whether detecting one's motion, stomach, headaches, anxieties, knee or chest pa
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Apr 353 min read
IMAGINE LOSING YOUR JOB TO THE MERE POSSIBILITY OF AI
The technology may not be ready to replace workers, but that isn’t stopping execs from pushing forward anyway.
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Apr 21 min read
3 habits of self-directed learners, according to brilliant polymaths
What Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, and Richard Feynman all have in common
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Apr 21 min read
Young People Are Falling Behind, but Not Because of AI
The case that AI is already stealing young people’s jobs is based on a statistical mirage.
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Apr 21 min read
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