Social media has automated the nation’s psyche
Where the bots lead, humans follow, becoming themselves one-sided, simplistic and fueled by outrage
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Why we must pull the plug on superintelligence
‘My best guess is that someone born today has a better chance of dying by AI than of graduating high school’
A lack of national identity has killed off the Great American Novel
The future of American fiction is not in New York’s publishing houses, nor in the pages of the New York Times
I’m done with default illiberalism
Most Americans have more in common with Charlie Kirk than with the alleged shooter or the elites making excuses
The blurred lines between politics and common morality
Disagreeing with the left, or the right, doesn’t make you a bad person – celebrating naked evil does
Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk have exposed the media’s depravity
The disabused lineaments of common sense are everywhere taking shape again
How does the American right move on?
Charlie was unafraid to go anywhere and make the case for what he believed
The inadequate response of Christian leaders to Charlie Kirk’s death
On the day of the assassination, the Pope tweeted not about Charlie, truth, or martyrdom, but about migrants
Why tech leaders are obsessing over Heaven and Hell
Mavens argue that Silicon Valley’s engineers should see their work as part of a greater divine plan
Is Kash Patel up to the job?
If the Kirk assassination really does herald a new ‘Days of Rage,’ then the FBI needs to be ready. Does its Director have what it takes?
Nihilism is destroying young minds
Before the internet, killing manifestos would have stayed in evidence lockers. Now they circulate endlessly online
The masses have had enough
We are ready to rally around what is good, even if it’s a bit crass, and to stand firmly against what is dangerous and broken
Go to church
The Trump administration should encourage not a fiery MAGA response but a return to church
