Cities across the country are considering permanently affordable housing. That’s good — but we’ll keep more people off the streets if we also invest in supportive services.
Ethics & Values
Pavlo Horiachev on Ukraine’s Drone Warfare Revolution
How are Ukrainian drones, AI targeting, and anti-drone systems changing modern warfare?
“Automation is about repeating things. If your enemy observes your behaviour repeated many times, he can create effective countermeasures.”
Book Review: The Case for Making Data-Driven Decisions
Helen Pearson’s “Beyond Belief” profiles figures who propelled medicine and other fields toward evidence-based thinking.
Helen Pearson’s “Beyond Belief” profiles figures who propelled medicine and other fields toward evidence-based thinking.
I Fled the USSR. That’s Why I Support Taxing Billionaires.
Taxing extreme wealth in order to reduce the influence of a tiny, ultra-rich elite isn’t how democracies fall. It’s how they survive.
Taxing extreme wealth in order to reduce the influence of a tiny, ultra-rich elite isn’t how democracies fall. It’s how they survive.
Wealth and Power Addicts: Our Overlords Are Heartless Hoarders
Worse, we admire these ghouls and are letting them dominate our society and our lives.
Worse, we admire these ghouls and are letting them dominate our society and our lives.
Partnerism, Gender, AI, and Domination
How does Riane Eisler’s partnerism challenge domination systems through gender, history, economics, and AI?
“Everything changes as we move from a lack of consciousness—which enables domination—to the kind of consciousness required for partnership.”
Pledging to an Unknown God
What do we mean when we use the word God?
What do we mean when we use the word God?
Everywhere Insiders 49: China, Iran, ICC Justice, and X Free Speech Controversies
How do China–Iran relations, ICC prosecutions, and X’s free speech policies reveal weaknesses in global governance and enforcement?
Irina Tsukerman: “A vague observation is not the same as a commitment to enforce international law—without speed and consistency, justice loses both credibility and deterrent value.”
How to Turn the Boomer Retirement Wave Into a Generational Opportunity
As a result, Kentucky deaths now exceed births for the first time in recorded history. A declining fertility rate is also contributing to this reversal.
As a result, Kentucky deaths now exceed births for the first time in recorded history. A declining fertility rate is also contributing to this reversal.
Stephen Colbert and The Late Show’s ‘Joy Machine’ Won. Donald Trump and MAGA’s Misery Movement Lost Again.
We will continue to traffic in laughter and beauty and connection.
We will continue to traffic in laughter and beauty and connection.
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos Want Your Water
Tech CEOs have decided they're entitled to exploit the scarce water resources of millions of Americans, especially in rural areas, for data centers.
Tech CEOs have decided they’re entitled to exploit the scarce water resources of millions of Americans, especially in rural areas, for data centers.
The World’s Greatest Problem: Human Contradiction
At the root of many conflicts lies a contradiction between what we claim to value and how we actually live.
At the root of many conflicts lies a contradiction between what we claim to value and how we actually live.
Ready to Recall: These Meats Are Behind 40% of USDA Food Warnings
A Sentient analysis reveals that at least 40% of USDA food safety warnings over the past decade are linked to ready-to-eat meats, such as deli meats, hot dogs and pâté.
A Sentient analysis reveals that at least 40% of USDA food safety warnings over the past decade are linked to ready-to-eat meats, such as deli meats, hot dogs and pâté.
He Who Would Valiant Be: Pilgrimage and Midlife
Last year, more than half a million pilgrims walked the Camino di Santiago, the highest number ever recorded. I am curious as to why.
Last year, more than half a million pilgrims walked the Camino di Santiago, the highest number ever recorded. I am curious as to why.
The Will-They/Won’t-They Church
How we learned to avoid commitment and call it wisdom.
How we learned to avoid commitment and call it wisdom.
Thinking Hurts, So Why Not Surrender to AI?
AI’s confident and seemingly authoritative responses can lead people to accept incorrect information and become more confident in their own incorrectness.
AI’s confident and seemingly authoritative responses can lead people to accept incorrect information and become more confident in their own incorrectness.