Politics

Why Are Two of the World’s Richest and Most Powerful Countries in Such Deep Trouble? — Question 1: Where are you more pessimistic about, UK or USA? The UK economy is doomed — but as a society it’s still pretty civilised, US economy will remain strong but as a society it’s… not great. Question 2: Last year you spoke a lot about the near-term collapse of…

On Understanding Power and Technology I went to a Q&A by the “godfather of AI” Geoff Hinton the other night, and was invited to a (mostly) academic dinner afterwards. In the slightly awkward period at the beginning when we were milling around (also known as “pre-dinner drinks”) I started…

It’s hard to imagine a time in history where having a well-oiled communications shop has been more critical to the success of members in the House and Senate. Here is our list of the current and rising stars making the biggest impact:

What It’s Going to Feel Like as the Planet Turns Against Us — In the age we’ve entered, the age of extinction, what is life going to be like? One way to think about it is what I’ve begun to call in my head “World War P.” It’s going to seem as if the planet is at war…with us. Human beings took their…

And other Dada news headlines! — Remember that each of these Dada news headlines are certifiably halfway true: A group of 35 MAGA fans in Idaho are on a hunger strike, and say they will not eat again until every corporation in America renounces homosexuality. Target employees say they can monitor when right wing, anti-gay protesters are coming to their store from the map on Grindr that shows…

But progress hangs in the balance. History is never inevitable. — I got the shock of my life driving down a back-country road last week near the conservative, Trump-country Michigan village where I live. How conservative? I see red MAGA hats every day. I see Confederate flags every day even though we border Canada, even though every old cemetery around here…

It’s more about what he knows than who he is — A long time ago, Chris Christie pulled off a miracle. He was elected governor of New Jersey in 2009 and re-elected in 2013. He quickly became a national figure for “telling it like it is.” His exchanges with reporters often made the national news and led some Republicans to believe…

Since the beginning of the war, something malicious has been brewing on the face of the Western world. In the midst of all the obvious propaganda, and while the U.S. media takes a firm stance on the subject, the ghosts from the Cold War are seemingly back to haunt us…

How a small town in North Carolina celebrated drag in the face of extremism — Masked men are marching up the street. Some cars slow down at the spectacle, but others zip away before the children in their back seats can see. It’s not exactly the sort of thing you want to run into on a sleepy Saturday afternoon in small town Albemarle. Tiffany Dahle…