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Mind & Human Nature

What we know of ourselves in a scientific age — and what we don’t

Read the Editors’ Introduction
Embodiment •
Consciousness •
Artificial Intelligence •
Neuroscience •
Psychology •
Materialism •
Human Sexuality •
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Online Exclusive | May 29, 2026

May 29, 2026

  • Clare Coffey

The Future Belongs to Those Who Resist It

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.

Clare Coffey

Online Exclusive | May 27, 2026

May 27, 2026

  • Yuval Levin

Idols of the Valley

Pope Leo's wise but frustrating first missive on AI

Yuval Levin

Essay | Summer 2026

Summer 2026

  • Brad East

You Don’t Have to Use AI

The case for the Bartleby Option

Brad East

Essay | Summer 2026

Summer 2026

  • Lawrence Lazarus

The Big Drift: An AI Scenario

Whether or not you keep your job, the meaning of work will never be the same.

Lawrence Lazarus

Essay | Summer 2026

Summer 2026

  • Jarett Malouf

Stack Underflow: Losing the Craft of Coding

Software engineers are now Claude Code managers. But how can I manage what I’m forgetting how to do myself?

Jarett Malouf

Essay | Summer 2026

Summer 2026

  • James Andrews
  • Andrew McCants

How to Keep AI From Destroying Prosecution

Legitimate legal action will always require human judgment. AI is already eroding that. Here’s how to use it instead as a helpful tool.

James Andrews and Andrew McCants

Essay | Summer 2026

Summer 2026

  • John Ehrett

The Tech–Trad Alliance: R.I.P. (2025⁠–⁠2025)

In the Trump 2.0 coalition, Big Tech is in the driver’s seat and social conservatives have been taken for a ride.

John Ehrett

Essay | Summer 2026

Summer 2026

  • The American Enterprise Institute’s Council on AI Ethics

Offloading Ourselves

An inquiry into staying human in the age of AI

The American Enterprise Institute’s Council on AI Ethics

Essay | Spring 2026

Spring 2026

  • Stephen Sims

A Shakeup Is Coming for the Nation-State

For centuries, holding vast territory has been the basis of state security. Drones and AI are about to make it a vulnerability.

Stephen Sims

Correspondence | Winter 2026

Winter 2026

  • Brian J. A. Boyd

Making Coders Moral Is Not a Good Enough Answer to AI Ethics

A reply to Dominic Burbidge

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