Everyone is intimidated by U.S. President, but we need to find the courage to stand up against abuses. Excerpt: " Perhaps most important, all business leaders—and leaders in all sectors—should ask themselves three questions. First, do Mr. Trump’s actions regarding the economy, the law, and use of the federal government cross a red line? Second, if not, what would? Third, what will I do differently if and when such a line is crossed? The challenges of opposing authoritarianism

In a first for NATO, America’s closest allies are using their troops to thwart possible U.S. action Related opinion Related: U.S. threatens more tariffs

Irrational fixation on Greenland could lead to widespread conflict.

Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.

250 years of U.S. history is projected on the Washington Monument. A lot was missing

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A criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will test whether Republican loyalty to the president has any limits.

The Trump adviser’s assertions about the “real world” reflect a deep misunderstanding of Thomas Hobbes’s dog-eat-dog worldview.

DM Related to our prior discussion (F>T, F=T) , and the conversation prior (Social Physics) , I argue that "trust" is a form of "personal truth;" thus both are aspects of holophrenic "knowledge curation." Do you understand this conjecture (and perhaps envision the potential implications)? Yes, I understand your conjecture, and I think it's doing significant work within your framework. Let me articulate what I see: Within the Universal Holophren, "truth" as you've defined it

DM Good afternoon. What are you perspectives of "Social Physics," such as the merits, arguments pro and con, potential value/utility/importance, means, methods and current progress (including the integration of A.I.)? Note explanations by advocate and Media Lab/MIT professor, Alex Pentland, a decade ago. Good afternoon, Sciart. Alex Pentland's "Social Physics" is a fascinating framework that I suspect will resonate with some aspects of your systems-level thinking, while als

The storied newscast once helmed by Walter Cronkite now runs third behind its competitors and is being closely watched as CBS News’s top editor promises a political reset. Excerpt: ' “People do not trust us like they used to,” he said. “Because we’ve taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you.” Dokoupil’s vision for a more populist and personal version of

The fast fade of a co-equal branch of government

In the struggle for American independence, conventional battles were the exception. Small-scale violence was everywhere.

A growing number of charter and private schools are rejecting progressive education in favor of old-fashioned instruction in knowledge, virtue and liberty

The United States' democracy has turned dark, aggressive, and lawless. "Republican Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee, in defending Trump’s stance on Greenland, referred to the United States as the “ dominant predator ” in the Western Hemisphere. He meant it as a compliment." Related: also at home

How U.S. leadership tried to ground NASA’s science missions

The share of workers with multiple jobs is at its highest level in more than 25 years, as Americans cobble together new work arrangements.

Listen to interview with director of the current documentary film View the trailer “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”

The man who turns U.S. President and followers most incendiary impulses into policy Related: allies have many growing concerns, including Greenland agenda Also related Also related

Good morning! So, how about today we do a partial "verifying sync." This would affirm and acknowledge we're in agreement on a variety of primary topics of our past conversations? Specifically, to assure we've"solid sync"on these five topics: 1) Pantakinesis™ , and its foundational three components (•all-encompassing, •motion, •vanishing points), is presently an optimal defining description of reality; 2) the Universal Holophren™ is a framework for the better understanding of