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What Hayek Can Teach Us About AI Safety

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The Protect College Sports Act Passed the Senate. It Faces a Tougher Road in the House—and in the Courts.

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Whatever Happened to Trump's Housing Affordability Executive Order?

Against the New Romantics

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AI Can Help New York Improve Its Quality of Life

Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life

For four years, a fellow saxophonist taped John Coltrane's gigs: 26-plus hours of music. His subterfuge is our gift

Nick Cave on Integrating the Darkness of Loss with the Bright Ongoingness of Life

This Booker Finalist Imagines the Life of a Reluctant Medieval King

The Great AI Gamble

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Japan’s Science Council to face greater governmental oversight