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Is Everything Falling Apart?
Jonathan Haidt thinks so. I’m not so sure.
 • Robert Wright
OK, it’s time to freak out about AI
There are at least two kinds of catastrophe scenarios, and both are getting more plausible
 • Robert Wright
My Cancer and My AI
The pros and cons of getting sick in the age of LLMs
 • Robert Wright
Coronavirus edition
Fighting the pandemic without fracturing the world or dooming it to poverty
 • Robert Wright
The truth about Hamas
Plus: OpenAI’s new job-destroying tool, China’s nuke buildup, China’s CO2 drawdown, why presidential candidates are hawkish, and more!
 • Robert Wright
Why Biden didn’t negotiate seriously with Putin
The two themes that let the Blob carry the day
 • Robert Wright
The New Lab Leak Evidence
Plus: AI terrifies Trump, the irony haunting Israel, AI wargames, the ghost of Soleimani, and more!
 • Robert Wright
The ‘River to the Sea’ Rorschach test
Plus: Global AI summit review. MSM joins NZN in outer space. Biden’s Ukraine peace push. Paid perks. And more!
 • Robert Wright
Why Israel’s anti-Hamas strategy is failing
Plus: Killer robots are here. Axis of the sanctioned. AI doom updates. Nonzero merch. And more!
 • Robert Wright
Israel, Hamas, and Biden’s failed foreign policy
Plus: US-China-Russia cooperation. AI gets emotional. California, eco-superpower. Paid perks. And more!
 • Robert Wright
The Radical Power of Cognitive Empathy
Part one of an extended experiment in book-Substack synergy
 • Robert Wright
How the US created the “Iran-backed Houthis”
Plus: AI jobocalypse update. Israel’s global opinion problem. Global baby-making crisis. And more!
 • Robert Wright
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