A.I. Could Solve Some of Humanity’s Hardest Problems. It Already Has.
Since the release of ChatGPT, huge amounts of attention and funding have been directed toward chatbots. These A.I. systems are trained on copious amounts of human-generated data and designed to predic...
11 Jul 20231h 28min
This Taught Me a Lot About How Decarbonization Is Really Going
The Inflation Reduction Act was the largest piece of climate legislation ever passed in the United States, setting aside hundreds of billions of dollars for decarbonizing the economy. But the money wa...
7 Jul 20231h 29min
Best Of: A Revelatory Tour of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Forgotten Teachings
It’s hard to think of a more celebrated figure of the 20th century than Martin Luther King Jr.He has a national memorial in Washington, D.C. His birthday is one of just 11 federal holidays. His words ...
4 Jul 20231h 34min
What’s Really Going On in Russia?
Last weekend, in the course of about 36 hours, Vladimir Putin faced — and then survived — one of the most serious challenges to his rule in over 20 years. An armed rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, ...
30 Jun 20231h 8min
How ‘Being Animal’ Could Help Us Be Better Humans
One of the oldest human ideas is that we are somehow different from animals, somehow superior to them. That’s a mistake, argues the environmental philosopher Melanie Challenger. “Many of the things we...
27 Jun 202342min
Why This Economist Wants to Give Every Poor Child $50,000
“Wealth is the paramount indicator of economic prosperity and well-being,” says the economist Darrick Hamilton. He’s right. Policy analysis tends to focus on income, but it is wealth that often determ...
23 Jun 202352min
What the Heck Is Going on With These U.F.O. Stories?
Earlier this month, a news outlet called The Debrief published a story that included, to put it mildly, some explosive material.The story, reported by Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal, centered on Dav...
20 Jun 20231h 11min
Why Do So Few Democrats Want Biden to Run in 2024?
A recent AP-NORC poll found that just a quarter of voters, including only around half of Democrats, want to see Joe Biden run for president again. Many voters are concerned about his age in particular...
16 Jun 20231h 2min
