A new era of networking

October 14, 2023 • 5 min read with Diamond Naga Siu Hey there — it’s Saturday! I’ve been cooking new dishes recently and really enjoy making copycat recipes (like my favorite Sweetgreen salad and the Carbone spicy rigatoni). I might try making some Chipotle dishes next, since the […]

Get the US Out of the Middle East

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2023 The actual history of the New Deal provides little evidence that it was a rollicking success. – Kevin Schmiesing, “Voices from the Wilderness” [2023] HORNBERGER’S BLOG October 13, 2023 The Christian Perversion of Christianity The website Sojourners recently published an article entitled “Who Would […]

After Oil

Our October 30/November 6, 2023 Issue Read Online Read as PDF FEATURED After Oil The refinery in Richmond, Calif., employs 3,000 unionized workers—and it’s a major polluter. Can the activists trying to shut it down convince the workers they’re on the same side? MADELINE OSTRANDER FROM THIS ISSUE […]

Campuses in crisis

October 15, 2023 • 4 min read with Matt Turner Hello! Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of the week’s top stories. I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. On the agenda today: Exclusive recording: Caroline Ellison admitted Alameda took FTX […]

The Battles Over “Woke”

Sponsored by Harvard University Press Fintan O’Toole Defying Tribalism In her new polemic, the philosopher Susan Neiman charges her fellow leftists with intellectual betrayal and calls for a return to universal ideals of justice and humanity. Michael Gorra Who Are These People? In The Pole, J. M. Coetzee returns […]

Billionaire VC Marc Andreessen welcomes the symbiotic AI future: ‘It’s going to be a much better way to live’

BYPaige Hagy September 7, 2023 at 1:50 PM EDT Marc Andreessen anticipates that everyone, starting with children, will have a constant AI companion and helper. selimaksan—Getty Images The 2013 film Her, a science-fiction romance starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson, isn’t far off from what billionaire Marc Andreessen […]

Companies use AI to monitor workers—45% of employees say it has a negative effect on their mental health

Aditi Shrikant@Aditi_Shrikant CNBC Courtneyk | E+ | Getty Images As companies implement return-to-office plans, employers are increasingly interested in utilizing artificial intelligence, not to replace workers, but to watch them. Between March 2020 and June 2023, demand for employee surveillance software grew 54%, according to research from Top10VPN, […]

Round-Table #90: Hamas-Israel Conflict

I will be joined by Keith Preston, Florian Ulrich and Aleksey Bashtavenko to discuss the recent outbreak of hostilities between Hamas and Israel and the broader implications for the region. My contact info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoFPodcast Telegram: t.me/PraiseOfFolly_1511 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PraiseOfFoll… BuyMeACoffe: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOf… Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/PraiseO… Substack: https://substack.com/profile/40985862… […]

1 Million Told To Flee

1 Million Told To Flee Plus: Inflation issues, California’s “Ebony Alerts”, and campus macroaggressions… LIZ WOLFE Israel tells one million people to flee Gaza: Overnight, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) warned the more than a million residents of Gaza to flee the entirety of the north. Two major refugee camps and […]

Ethnopluralism: An Inherently Anti-Racist Concept

By Constantin von Hoffmeister12 October 2023No Comments Constantin von Hoffmeister explores ethnopluralism, a philosophy advocating the inherent value of every culture, as exemplified historically by empires like Rome and the Soviet Union. The essay was originally published here. In today’s interconnected global society, conversations about cultural and racial […]

Harvard backlash

October 13, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Happy Friday! We’ve reached a historic moment in the age of the internet: Gen Alpha is making Gen Z feel old. In today’s big story, we’re looking at the backlash at Harvard University over comments related to the […]