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The Boss Has Had It With All the Office Activists
It isn’t just Microsoft. Companies are adopting a new, harder-line playbook for dealing with political debate at work.
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Sep 11 min read
As an unqualified leader upends America’s public health system, his leader and many constituents cheers him on
The President pledged that he’d empower Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “go wild" on health care. The president has kept his promise — to the...
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Aug 311 min read
If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?
Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, philosophy, the arts, and...
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Aug 311 min read
Pursuing historical accuracy regarding the founders' intents, concerns and design of the U.S. (UII w/Claude)
DM In reading Dan Sisson's "The American Revolution of 1800," he strongly points that many of our "Founding Fathers" adamantly worried...
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Aug 303 min read
A bad bet by U.S. Supreme Court?
A recent decision tried to protect the Fed from the president’s interference. It didn’t go nearly far enough. Related Also related...
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Aug 292 min read
What Social Science Knows About the Value of Diversity
The discipline points to constructive ways to celebrate differences in the workplace. Excerpt: " One of the prickliest issues in business...
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Aug 291 min read
The Jellyfish Museum on the Front Lines of War
A shrine to the maligned marine invertebrate in the heart of Kyiv went from a joke to a big draw
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Aug 281 min read
Why America Isn’t Rome (And Why That Matters)
Mary Beard on history, myth, and the empire’s real lessons. Plus: the reemergence of fascism in America.
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Aug 281 min read
A Blueprint for Military Takeovers
How the president could normalize military presence in American cities
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Aug 281 min read
What, Exactly, Was That Cabinet Meeting?
And you thought A.I.s were sycophants? Related? Description: As hours ticked by, the U.S. present played reality television host — “This...
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Aug 271 min read
Young tech mogul seeks to be the world's arms dealer of extraordinary autonomous weapons
Why Palmer Luckey thinks AI-powered, autonomous weapons are the future of warfare Description of "60 Minutes" video: " Over the last...
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Aug 261 min read
The six factions of today's U.S. leadership
U.S. President melds a fractious coalition
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Aug 261 min read
LIFE HAS GOTTEN SURREAL IN CHINA
The state is ever more insistent on a reality at odds with people’s experience. That’s not a good sign for progress.
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Aug 261 min read
How the U.S. became so mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world. Excerpt: "Over the...
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Aug 242 min read
How to safeguard your mind in the age of junk information
“All information technologies up to the 21st century were organic networks based on our organic brain.” Description: Yuval Noah Harari...
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Aug 242 min read


Juxtapositions (UII w/Claude)
DM Good morning Claude. Presently I'm once more reflecting upon life-long thoughts regarding our seemingly "incredible juxtaposition,"...
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Aug 2314 min read
This 1848 painting has uncanny insight into American conspiracy thinking
Can a country born in conspiracy theories find the fine line between suspicion and paranoia? Excerpt: "Even thinking about conspiracy...
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Aug 222 min read
The Pentagon’s Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Embarks on New Mission
Frequent launches, long orbital stays reflect military’s focus on potential conflicts in space Quick Summary The X-37B spaceplane...
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Aug 221 min read
The Rise of Right-Wing Nihilism
Imagine you woke up one morning and all your media sources were produced by Christian nationalists. You sent your kids off to school and...
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Aug 222 min read
'I regret that I didn't fight harder,' former labor secretary Robert Reich says
Reich served under President Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He opens his new memoir, Coming Up Short, with an apology on behalf of the Baby...
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Aug 211 min read
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