Opinion

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Technophobia
Technophobia has a body count
Activists push scary headlines about the harm they predict a technology will cause, but ignore the good things we stand to lose without it.
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Misinformation
How consensus can undermine science
The main objective of consensus statements appears to be to reduce doubt, which may stifle scientific inquiry.
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Business
America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back
Tariffs won’t bring manufacturing back to the US, but there are ways to make it happen — if America is serious about doing so.
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AI
The artifact isn’t the art: Rethinking creativity in the age of AI
Ashish Bhatia
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The Techno-Humanist Manifesto
How humanity transformed its fate
Jason Crawford
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Apps
My anxious generation: The unforeseen toll of a digital childhood
Rikki Schlott
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Computer Science
Microsoft’s “parallel bets” strategy won the PC Wars. Will it work for AI?
Matthew Ball
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Big Tech
The Supreme Court will soon decide the future of social media
Damon Root
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Computer Science
Pager panic: When beepers were infiltrating schools
Louis Anslow
AI
Why ChatGPT feels more “intelligent” than Google Search
Philip L | AI Explained
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Aging
Last century, we extended our lives. This century, we need to shorten our deaths.
Ross Pomeroy
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Geology
Helium discovery is the supply breakthrough science, medicine, and industry needed
Tony Morley
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Clean Energy
Retired coal plants can aid the energy transition — by going nuclear
Zion Lights