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Back to SearchBest Of: How the Fed Is ‘Shaking the Entire System’
On Monday, First Republic Bank folded before being sold by regulators to JPMorgan Chase. At the time, it was the 14th largest bank in the U.S. and it…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Culture Creating A.I. Is Weird. Here’s Why That Matters.
In recent months, we’ve witnessed the rise of chatbots that can pass law and business school exams, artificial companions who’ve become best friends …
3 years, 5 months ago
Democrats: Pay Attention to What’s Happening in California
California is a land of contrasts. The state is home to staggering wealth, world-remaking tech companies, and some of the world’s boldest climate pol…
3 years, 5 months ago
Best Of: The War Within the Republican Party
On Monday, Fox News abruptly announced that the network and its star primetime host, Tucker Carlson, “have agreed to part ways” after more than a dec…
3 years, 5 months ago
Matthew Desmond On America’s Addiction to Poverty
According to the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University, 14.3 percent of Americans — nearly 50 million people — were living in po…
3 years, 5 months ago
The ‘Quiet Catastrophe’ Brewing in Our Social Lives
It’s impossible to deny that the U.S. has a serious loneliness problem. One 2018 report by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 22 percent of all …
3 years, 5 months ago
This Philosopher Wants Liberals to Take Political Power Seriously
America today faces a crisis of governance. In the face of numerous challenges — from climate change, to housing shortages, to pandemics — our instit…
3 years, 5 months ago
What Biden’s Top A.I. Thinker Concluded We Should Do
In October, the White House released a 70-plus-page document called the “Blueprint for an A.I. Bill of Rights.” The document’s ambition was sweeping.…
3 years, 6 months ago
Why A.I. Might Not Take Your Job or Supercharge the Economy
Typically when we put out a call for audience questions, there’s no single topic that dominates. This time was different. The questions we received w…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Most Amazing — and Dangerous — Technology in the World
“We rarely think about chips, yet they’ve created the modern world,” writes the historian Chris Miller.
He’s not exaggerating. Semiconductors don’t ju…
3 years, 6 months ago