Category: Opinion

How Not To Predict The Future

Good forecasting thrives on a delicate balance of math, expertise, and…vibes. Molly Hickman in Asterisk:…

Skeletons in the Closet

Irshad Salim: In the Summer of 2020, I shared one of the many moments and…

Why Governments Offload Risks to Individuals

Under the guise of empowerment and freedom, politicians and business are offloading lifethreatening risk to…

Z A Bhutto: Incomplete Justice

Will the judges remain in their ivory towers or see the reality of political injustice…

Asif Ali Zardari: The Prince of Guile

Even his rivals acknowledge that Zardari is a deal-maker par excellence. He has been written…

How Pseudo-Intellectualism Ruined Journalism

A dose of working-class realism can save journalism from groupthink William Deresiewicz in Persuasion: I…

AI’s Potential Effect on the Labor Force

Andrew Ng, Landing AI founder and CEO, discusses the effect AI will have on the…

Two Speeches, Two Americas

Jonathan Weisman in The New York Times: On Tuesday night, a triumphant Donald Trump looked…

PEW Survey: How Americans View 10 Major Issues

President Joe Biden is delivering his third State of the Union address tonight, his last…

Was Trump’s Nomination Always Inevitable?

As recently as a year ago, less than half of Republican voters named Trump as…

What to Do About the Coming Economic Uncertainty Due to AI

The economic uncertainty posed by AI is likely to come very fast and is not…

How to Enjoy Your Problems

Accepting your problems is one thing. To enjoy them? Well, that’s pretty much enlightenment. Chelsea…