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A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement
Both parents and adult children often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century.
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Sep 20, 20251 min read
‘Douglas Adams’ Review: Why Can’t Futurism Be Funny?
The creator of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ is celebrated for his inventive whimsy. But Adams’s prescient vision was no joke.
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Sep 20, 20251 min read
Would you survive a week in Ancient Rome?
"One of the ways you can see the Roman Empire is it's the worldwide web of its day."
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Sep 20, 20251 min read
A Tech CEO’s Lonely Fight For A.I. Risks Management
A battle between Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and the White House pits worries about safe development against a free-market approach
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Sep 20, 20251 min read
U.S. Politics Is Due for a Realignment
Bret Stephens tells us why we need to listen to the Trump voter. Excerpt: "When host Garry Kasparov created the Renew Democracy...
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Sep 20, 20251 min read
Best states in U.S. to retire in 2025
New Hampshire takes top spot See rankings of all 50 states Key takeaways New Hampshire is the best state for retirees, ranking well in...
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Sep 20, 20251 min read
A Rogue Nation on the High Seas
U.S. Presisdent is treating the military like they're his personal mercenaries. Excerpt: " A more worrisome problem here is that Trump’s...
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Sep 19, 20251 min read
Why Google is injecting cow manure into the ground
The tech giant just made a deal with Vaulted Deep, a startup that injects organic waste deep underground to store CO2. Related
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Sep 18, 20251 min read
Ian McEwan: “Tourism is a wonderful spectacle of mass derangement."
Here are three ways to do it better. KEY TAKEAWAYS In this week’s Mini Philosophy interview, I spoke with the bestselling author Ian...
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Sep 18, 20251 min read
Not since WWII has the fight for liberalism been this urgent
In “On Liberalism,” Cass Sunstein argues that liberalism can only endure if we reclaim its core commitments and revive its spirit of...
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Sep 18, 20251 min read
Trust as a potentially maladaptive aspect of today's consciousness (UII w/Claude)
DM In our recent conversations, such as this example, we've collaborated regarding an architecture of interrelated topics of: ......
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Sep 17, 202527 min read
IS THIS THE END OF THE DICTIONARY?
Obsolete (adj.): no longer in use or no longer useful
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Sep 16, 20251 min read
In Good Company?
Human beings are supposed to be communal creatures. But in 2025, Americans are socializing less and feeling more isolated. Maybe it’s an...
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Sep 16, 20251 min read
Awe Is Essential
When we see ourselves in the context of wonder, it makes us humbler.
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Sep 16, 20251 min read
UNDERSTANDING ZIONISM
The movement for Jewish settlement of Palestine resembles other nationalisms of its era
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Sep 16, 20251 min read
Centrist & Former Sen. Joe Manchin reflects on career, state of U.S. politics in new memoir
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia about his new memoir, "Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense."...
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Sep 16, 20251 min read
A.I. is grown, not built
Nobody knows exactly what an AI will become. That’s very bad. Excerpt: "This all adds up to a worrying picture, where companies are...
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Sep 15, 20251 min read
Why 1 in 6 U.S. parents are rejecting vaccine recommendations
A wide-ranging Washington Post-KFF poll details who tends to reject vaccine recommendations and their reasoning. More from NBC News on...
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Sep 15, 20251 min read
In an era of toxic polarization, U.S. leader fails to lead ALL citizens
The President does not subscribe to performing his role of serving all citizens. Related Related
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Sep 14, 20251 min read
‘These Strange New Minds’ and ‘The Scaling Era’: Analyzing AI’s Future
Books from Christopher Summerfield and Dwarkesh Patel look to separate machine-learning myth from reality.
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Sep 14, 20251 min read
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