Perceptions

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

The Rule of Law or the Rule of Lawyers?

Lawsuit Against St. Louis Restaurant for Firing Manager for Post Related to Charlie Kirk Murder

China’s Platform State and the AI Race

AI will transform capitalism – but how?

Lindsey Graham's Sister Tapped To Replace Him in the Senate

Human neurons flourish in mouse brains, offering a new view of neurodevelopmental disorders

Animal eye

Open Thread

Selling Alcohol Isn't a Political Function

Bernie Sanders aims to ban AI ‘superintelligence.’ But experts can’t agree on what the term means

To teach students how to think, shut down the WiFi, scramble the cell signal, and send them to weeklong retreats in the deep, dark woods 

Anthony Fauci’s Diary Reveals a Human at the Helm