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MARC ANDREESSEN ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE FUTURE
Is the A.I. breakthrough for real this time?
ZEROT AMERICA
SECRECY IS THE DEGRADED CURRENCY OF THE SHADOW GOVERNMENT.
The Most Hated Person on Campus
HOW A SHAKY ALLEGATION IGNITED A FRENZY AND DESTROYED A YOUNG WOMAN'S LIFE
WILL 2024 BRING THE RETURN OF THE NEOCONS?
THE GOP NOMINEE CAN FORGE A HUMBLER PATHOR TURN BACK TO FAILED NEOCONSERVATISM.
THE LEFT-RIGHT SPECTRUM IS MOSTLY MEANINGLESS
THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE DOESN'T FIT ON A SIMPLE MAP.
Storks Don't Take Orders From the State
FALLING BIRTHRATES, PRO-NATALIST POLICIES, AND THE LIMITS OF POPULATION CONTROL
Where's Your Adderall?
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, prescriptions for Adderall, the stimulant medication used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), skyrocketed.
A.I. Is Here
ChatGPT can create everything from novel dad jokes to fairly well-written computer code. At my prompting, it wrote a serviceable sonnet describing Gilgamesh’s failed quest for immortality.
THE EXPENSIVE SEDUCTIVE NOSTALGIA OF FIELD OF DREAMS
WHY ARE SO MANY FILMGOERS AND POLITICIANS EAGER TO PROP UP BASEBALL'S BOONDOGGLES?
PUBLIC UNIONS VS.THE PUBLIC GOOD
ELECTED LEADERS COME AND GO, BUT PUBLIC UNIONS JUST SAY NO.
PROPOSITION: BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE WORLD
AFFIRMATIVE: Optimism Is the Rational Approach
PROPOSITION: BITCOIN IS THE FUTURE! OF FREE EXCHANGE
AFFIRMATIVE: Bitcoin Is an Effective Tool for Liberty
PROPOSITION: MENTALLY ILL HOMELESS PEOPLE MUST BE LOCKED UP FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
AFFIRMATIVE: Choosing the Streets Over Shelters Is Dangerous for Everyone
PROPOSITION: THE U.S. SHOULD INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
AFFIRMATIVE: Ukraine's Liberal Democracy Deserves Our Aid
PROPOSITION: THE E.U. WAS A MISTAKE
AFFIRMATIVE: Small States Are Best, and the E.U. Is Huge
PROPOSITION: TO PRESERVE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, GOVERNMENT MUST AFFIRMATIVELY INTERVENE IN THE CULTURE WAR
AFFIRMATIVE: You May Not Be Interested in the Culture War, But the Culture War Is Interested in You
PROPOSITION: DEMOCRACY IS THE WORST FORM OF GOVERNMENT EXCEPT FOR ALL THE OTHERS
AFFIRMATIVE: When We Are Governed, Ballots Are Best
PROPOSITION: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SHOULD BE REGULATED
AFFIRMATIVE: Don't Trust Governments With A.I. Facial Recognition Technology
PROPOSITION: IT'S TIME FOR A NATIONAL DIVORCE
AFFIRMATIVE: A National Divorce Is an Opportunity for Peaceful Coexistence
DEBATE IS FOR THE COOL KIDS
\"STUDIES SHOW THAT debate is good for you\" is exactly the sort of thing you'd expect someone in an ill-fitting blazer and awkward shoes to say at a high school debate competition.
'All the Parents Want Is a Chance To Make That Choice'
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears wants state education dollars "to follow the child instead of the brick building."
Sen. Pat Toomey on Cryptocurrency and FTX's Collapse
Former Sen. Pat Toomey’s time in Congress, which began in 1999 after he won a House seat in eastern Pennsylvania, officially ended on January 3 when the new Senate session began.
Is Online Illness Culture Keeping People Sick?
WHILE THE FDA KEEPS EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS OUT OF REACH, THE SPOONIE WORLD MAKES A DIAGNOSIS INTO AN IDENTITY.
SHODDY RESEARCH REINFORCES ANTI-VAPING NARRATIVE
Three years later, the World Journal of Oncology published a study that claimed vapers face about the same cancer risk as smokers. The authors said “prospective studies should be planned to mitigate the risk.”
THE BUDGET BATTLE BOOK
That job includes authoring, debating, and passing a budget for the astounding amount of discretionary federal spending that Congress is charged with managing each year—in this case, about $1.7 trillion.
NEW LAWS STOP COPS FROM LYING TO KIDS
Maryland and Washington state already enforce such a rule. And in 2021, Illinois and Oregon became the first two states to ban police from lying to minors during interrogations.
REAL ESTATE XENOPHOBIA
THERE’S A SPECTER supposedly haunting the globe’s expensive housing markets: the absentee foreign owner.
TO FIX POLICING, PUNISH BAD COPS
Jordan took a lot of abuse for his remark, which was generally interpreted as boobish and nihilistic.
The Luddites' Veto
BEWARE OF ACTIVISTS TOUTING \"RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.\" THE SENSIBLE-SOUNDING SLOGAN MASKS A REACTIONARY AGENDA.
THE ZONING THEORY OF EVERYTHING
LAND USE POLICIES EXPLAIN THE BATTLES OVER EVERYTHING FROM RECESSION TO ABORTION TO DONALD TRUMP.