JD Vance on the Morality of the Trump Administration
“If you think this is a bad deal, what is your alternative?” Critics of JD Vance think that his key role in the Iran negotiations may end up being an albatross around his neck. (“If it doesn’t work ou...
18 Kesä 1h
Better Sex, Better Hair, Better Sleep: ‘Humanmaxxing’ Is Here
We can enhance athletic performance, lose weight with a pill and even take psychedelics to alter consciousness. At what point does all this self-optimization become self-obsession? When does it get in...
11 Kesä 1h 11min
Anna Paulina Luna Wants Everything Disclosed
In an era defined by deep institutional distrust, a new trend within populist conservatism has emerged. It’s a sense that the federal government is keeping secrets and protecting the powerful at our e...
5 Kesä 1h 21min
Our Military Is Built for the Wrong Century
The future of high-tech warfare has arrived. Just look to the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran to see how much drones and robots have remade the modern battlefield. Is the U.S. positioned to win wars in ...
28 Touko 59min
A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I.
What’s really driving the humanities crisis in higher education? As enrollment and reading decline, I asked Jennifer Frey, a professor of philosophy, what it was like to run a liberal arts program tha...
21 Touko 1h 3min
China's Not the Problem. We Are.
The United States and China are really the only two countries that matter right now in shaping the A.I. future. As President Trump and President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, there’s a kind of Cold War ...
14 Touko 53min
A Legendary Investor on How to Prevent America’s Coming ‘Heart Attack’
A stalemated war. Fractured alliances. A rival waiting in the wings. It feels to me that we’re having an “end of the American empire” moment. My guest this week, Ray Dalio, is an unlikely prophet of d...
7 Touko 51min
