Society

Artificial Intelligence, Good and Evil, and the Challenge of Human Transformation We are living through an extraordinary technological revolution. Artificial intelligence promises to transform medicine, education, communication, science, and nearly every aspect of human existence. We are developing increasingly sophisticated systems to…
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“When the village acts together, even a dry pond smiled again.” About 22 kilometres from the Petlawad block headquarters in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh, the village of Kesarpura has a story to tell, one about the confidence of an entire community. A Halma (an ancient tradition of voluntary collective labour and mutual…
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Norway is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Until recently, it was also one of the most enthusiastic adopters of screen-based education technologies. In the 1980s, Norway was quick to prioritize the use of computers in its classrooms. During the early 2000s, the country's government declared the use of digital…
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The battle over American comfort The Trump administration delivered a decisive blow to what conservatives have long called the “Green New Scam” on July 2, 2026, when the Department of Energy announced it would permanently end federal mandates forcing Americans to buy underperforming home appliances in the name of energy efficiency.…
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What in God’s name has occurred to our youth? Not all of them, not yet – but the affliction is spreading fast. What contagion has taken hold? I could name a dozen, but the one that troubles me most – and the one that flows from all the others – is the loss of depth. By that I mean the quiet abandonment of any real pursuit of meaning,…
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In the mid-15th century, when Johannes Gutenberg began experimenting with movable type, the scribes who had spent their lives copying manuscripts by hand could not have known they were witnessing the end of their profession. The texts maintained a small continuity, circulating the same liturgies and legal canons that had always…
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Sweden was long considered a model state of the liberal North: modern and safe. But this image has now taken on a completely new meaning. For the very country that ranks among the highest in the world for the acceptance of implanted microchips now wants to electronically monitor children – even if they have not committed any crime.…
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Virtual communication platforms Instagram and YouTube have a design defect, which means they are addictive, a jury in the U.S. has ruled The Los Angeles jury took nearly nine days to reach its verdict in the landmark case brought by a woman known as K.G.M. against virtual communication platforms. It awarded $3 million in damages, with…
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After nearly a century as a staple of reading culture, the mass market paperback, once the most widely circulated and affordable book format, is nearing extinction. Mass market paperbacks are a type of book format designed for widespread distribution and affordability, typically priced between $5 and $8, and are usually printed on…
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