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A Counterintuitive Option Empowers Us to Face 'Anticipatory Stress' of Today's Headlines

we can ignore the future, but tomorrow is coming whether we like it or not. We can obsess over it, which robs today of its joy while focusing our attention on fears that may never come to pass. Or we can choose a third, counterintuitive option...

Joe Biden Delivers "Feisty" SotU Address

President Biden delivered his State of the Union address Thursday night, speaking for sixty-eight minutes and repeatedly interacting with the gathered members of Congress in a way that’s been described as somewhere between "fiery" and "feisty."

Is it True That 'The State of the Union Is Strong'?

In tonight’s case, some commentators will agree with the president’s claim, while others will disagree. Each will try to convince us that their version of reality is our reality. This is because our “post-truth” culture believes that truth is perception. This viewpoint is becoming more dangerous now than at any time in human history.

Haley Exits: Politics, AI, and the Path to Our Best Future

You want our nation to elect the person who will most likely advance what you consider to be our best future. If you're like many Americans, however, you view our collective good through the prism of your personal good. In one sense, this arrangement is as it should be. In another, it contains the seeds of our national demise...

Black Vikings and a Female Pope: Can AI Be Taught to Generate Accurate Imagery?

In a democratic republic in particular, and in life in general, autonomous authority can be dangerous. Nowhere is this more true today than with the growing threat represented by artificial intelligence.

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