Month: September 2024

Donald Trump’s embrace of xenophobia is upending the long-held belief among political scientists that voters punish politicians for repeating racist slander, @itscaitlinhd writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/springfield-trump-vance-lies-immigrants/679959/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Leaders from the AI industry have warned that their products could end civilization. Don’t listen, writes @matteo_wong:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/06/ai-regulation-sam-altman-bill-gates/674278/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

“Existential risks—or x-risks, as they’re sometimes known in AI circles—evoke blockbuster science-fiction movies,” @ambaonadventure and @sarahbmyers write. “But AI already poses economic and physical threats.”  

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/focus-problems-artificial-intelligence-causing-today/675941/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Gen Z Has Regrets

One way to quantify the value of a product is to find out how many of the people who use it wish it had never been invented.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/opinion/social-media-smartphones-harm-regret.html?smid=em-share

When We Try to Explain the Rise of Trump, We Don’t Look Back Far Enough

The global war on terror changed the course of American history. So why have we forgotten about it?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/opinion/war-on-terror-us-military.html?smid=em-share

The Man Behind the End of Roe v. Wade Has Big Plans for America

In the world of political fund-raising, there is hard money, soft money, dark money — and Leonard Leo money.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/opinion/leonard-leo-fundraising-supreme-court-irs.html?smid=em-share

“The protesters are railing against a society that isn’t cohesive enough to summon a response. They’re hammering on a hollowed-out structure, and it very well may collapse,” George Packer writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/protests-are-sign-despair/612724/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

What would it take for Republican leaders to admit to themselves that Trump’s loyalty cult is destroying the country they claim to love? @anneapplebaum asks.  

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/trumps-collaborators/612250/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

American judges are well paid, unafraid of dismissal, and free from legal and political pressures. But that hasn’t stopped some of them from seeking to alter the law in egregiously partisan ways. @anneapplebaum on how judicial independence could end:  

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/10/judicial-independence-judge-aileen-cannon-trump/679561/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Trump Dislikes Ukraine for the Most MAGA of Reasons

The country lies at the heart of overlapping conspiracy theories important to the former president.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/opinion/trump-debate-ukraine-russia.html?smid=em-share