What we know of ourselves in a scientific age — and what we don’t
Magnifica Humanitas is an inspiring invitation. But its focus on war, unemployment, and oligarchy misses the more insidious threat: that AI will turn the human experience itself into slop.
Correspondence
Leah Libresco Sargeant and Rita Koganzon debate The Dignity of Dependence.
Modern science has silenced nature. But we can still choose to listen.
There is a good reason why thick state support for mothers and caregivers hasn’t taken off in America.
For centuries, holding vast territory has been the basis of state security. Drones and AI are about to make it a vulnerability.
A reply to Dominic Burbidge
The new doped Olympics are not about what we can do but what tech titans can do to us.
We don’t need to figure out the meaning of life to get AI right, because it’s actually a limited tool.
We’re worrying about the wrong arms race with China.