Toadstools and toxins

Annie Dillard “was a sort of drill sergeant of human consciousness: determined, always, to force herself, and others, to see”

The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East

The Science of Waiting and the Art of Delay

Why China Will Rule AI

Is Germany’s Firewall Collapsing?

The Strategy Before the Strategy: Preparing for an Uncertain AI Future

Laughter, Forgetting, and Unbearable Lightness or, Why Milan Kundera (Still) Matters

AOC's World

Perceptions

The Rule of Law or the Rule of Lawyers?

A Vision of a Future Where Machines Fight Wars

Germany’s Political Firewall Is Crumbling

"AI Slop" Decried by Florida Appellate Court: "Counsel's Lengthy and Unfocused Filings Contain Gibberish"

Distortion by Omission: The New York Times and "Pro-Palestine" Demonstrations

The UN Cannot—and Need Not—Wait for Consensus

The AI Tipping Point

This Week’s Photograph

Free Speech Unmuted: Spoiler Alert: Can You Get Sued For Revealing A Plot Point?

Remembering Richard Wright, Outsider

Border Officer Convicted of Raping and Robbing Chinese Sex Workers