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Dr Strangelove Returns: Palantir and the New Military-Industrial-Digital Complex
Maybe he never went away. But Dr Strangelove is back now at the heart of America’s new military-industrial-digital complex. And Strangelove 2.0 might…
1 year, 1 month ago
MAGA Voters Aren't Stupid: That's Why They Don't Care What Right-Wing Podcasters Think
What’s the matter with America? We’ve been told for years about the dumb working class MAGA voter. That they are exploited by Trump, that their inter…
1 year, 1 month ago
Getting Queerer Quicker: No, The Literary Man Isn't Disappearing—He's Just Not Longer White or Straight
For lonely young men who have forgotten how to read, the LA Times book critic Bethanne Patrick some some simple advice: Get Queer Quicker. And to mak…
1 year, 1 month ago
Who Owns The Front Door? The Multi-Trillion Dollar Battle to Assemble the AI Jigsaw
Those who do win. Those are Keith Teare’s immortal words to describe the winners of today’s Silicon Valley battle to control tomorrow’s AI world. But…
1 year, 1 month ago
From Mean Streets to Wall Street: How Trump, Koch, and the other Gods of New York Remade America
Is the history of New York City the heart of the American story? Or does it exist in parallel, perhaps even independently, from the main American nar…
1 year, 1 month ago
Move Fast and Fix the World: Here Comes the Sun in the Nick of Time
It’s not often that there’s sunny news on the environmental front, especially from grizzled activists like the great Bill McKibben. But in his new bo…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Redistricting Apocalypse: How Chief Justice Roberts Let All the Evil Spirits out of American Democracy
Who is to blame for the redistricting farce that many fear is breaking American democracy? There’s Trump, of course, and his gang of MAGA crazies. Bu…
1 year, 1 month ago
Back to the Digital Future: Why the Future of AI Healthcare Might be a Return to the Gig Economy
Might the supposedly revolutionary future of AI healthcare actually be a return to the gig economics of Uber and Airbnb? That’s the intriguing propo…
1 year, 1 month ago
From Scrubbing Toilets to Talking around the Water Cooler: Why AI Won't Kill the Jobs of Those Who Clean Up Our Mess
Anyone lucky enough to have seen Wim Wenders’ 2023 masterpiece Perfect Days is familiar with the dignity of professional Japanese toilet cleaners. Ma…
1 year, 2 months ago
Nostalgia vs. Progress: The Left's Dilemma in Post-Industrial America
Once upon a time, it was very easy for the American left to determine progress. The working class was good, the traditional left knew, and so progres…
1 year, 2 months ago