My second tip for Jess Miers 🦝 when engaging in online discussions with artists.

Expect supersaturation of pathos in discussions. For a lot of people, they see a disruptive technology as an existential threat to their being. It’s not about the law for them, it’s about who they

I debut in First Things today writing on Brendan Eich, who ten years ago was attacked and chased out of Mozilla, a company he co-founded, for taking private civic action based upon his quiet Christian faith. It was a pivotal moment in our society and for me personally:

'I was…

A very positive development in Europe and I don't think this has been reported much in the media during the last few decades.

The suicide rates among young people declined in many European countries.

1/ GDP. It’s the axis around which our world spins. And yet something’s wrong: the economy’s always said to be “booming,” these days, and yet people’s lives aren’t doing well at all. Why is that?

Introducing GDP 2.0 (And Why We Need It) medium.com/eudaimonia-co/…

Finally a wake up call? It’s about time we “de-Putinize” our political space across the West… euobserver.com/world/158351

On the presidential pardon, and its potential for abuse. Obligatory reading

Jennifer Berkshire My world history teacher (in a public school) said that kings & popes knew that “to keep people under your thumb, keep them religious and keep them dumb,” and breaking from that paradigm was one of America’s greatest achievements. MAGA wants to take us backwards in so many ways.

*If it’s not any better than this year, I think our rural schools will cave,” she said. “I think that’s probably the purpose—that if we have less schools, then the monies can go to privates and charters.* Incredible reporting from Oklahoma kfor.com/news/local/she…

I have this poem on my mind the last few weeks
By Lesia Ukrainka 1890

1/n Nuremberg 2.0 is a QAnon far-right fantasy that the Covid vaccine scientists & virologists will be tried at some sort of military tribunal similar to those following WWII. It’s an excuse to invoke Nazi imagery, designed to intimidate scientists, portray us as public enemies

Will. Be. Wild.

documentcloud.org/documents/2398…

From the Department of You Can't Make This Up:
‘The investigation found that the chapter, titled “Dishonesty Explained: What Leads Moral People to Act Immorally,” borrowed extensively from 10 other works, including academic papers and student theses.’ thecrimson.com/article/2024/4…

Preach

'After we adapt to AI being ubiquitous, we'll settle into a new normal.'

No, brother.

After this wave where AI agents / genAI worlds become ubiquitous, it's 100 more waves, all faster/more complex.

There is a point on the exponential where only AI can ride the waves, not man.

OpenAI's training bot crawled a nonsensical set of sites set up by the author of The Internet for Dummies 3 million times in a day

404media.co/openai-trainin…

European countries, with scores of Patriots sitting idle, rebuff Kyiv’s calls for more air defence supplies as Russia bombards Ukraine’s power infrastructure

ft.com/content/55934e… via @ft Christopher Miller Guy Chazan

Russia Is Buying Politicians in Europe. Is It Happening Here Too? newrepublic.com/article/180630… Follow The New Republic

It is vital for governments to uphold multistakeholder Internet governance and work through entities like ICANN to address concerns. I was pleased to speak to ICANN community members this week in support of their unique role.

On presidential debates I am marooned.

Yes, it's vital to get the candidates into one space. It would be a huge loss if the practice went away. But that practice requires a modicum of respect for the forum, and only the opposite can be expected of Trump. cjr.org/the_media_toda…