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How people spend their time is a fundamental mark of civilization, but it is a category that tends to be lost beneath a society’s scientific, technological, military, and material attainments. 1/14
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The new #PSQuarterly considers what will follow the post-war Pax Americana. Ft. @BennSteil @mokymakura @AmitavAcharya @gabriel_zucman @avalaina @Yu_JieC, @NOIweala, and the late @Joe_Nye (plus @GaryMarcus on AI) project-syndicate.org/magazi…
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Excellent piece! Traditionally, overabundance of time is seen as a threat (idle hands are the Devil’s workshop etc). But perhaps the real problem is that we failed to cultivate healthy leisure ethics (which already exist in our wisdom traditions)? >
Modern abundance conquered pain but unleashed mass boredom. Our essay of the week contends our society has failed to cultivate a true leisure ethic, leaving people adrift and susceptible to demagogues.
By @StuartWhatley in @NewStatesman
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As a "true believer" movement, #MAGA feeds on its members’ self-contempt. Its traditional masculine iconography seems to appeal to many; yet who eagerly follows an alpha leader, if not a beta? | @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/…
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"American greatness has produced a society whose members know not what to do with the freedom and abundance that earlier generations secured."
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Too many Americans know not what to do with the freedom and abundance that earlier generations secured. We are now witnessing the squandering of this inheritance, and it is even more idiotic than anyone would expect. @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/…
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The West is bored to death:
Our nihilistic politics are a product of the crushing ennui and spiritual vacancy of modern life.
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‘If you cannot create the impression that you are better than others at forecasting future probabilities, you have no competitive advantage.’
@StuartWhatley and @AgarNicholas expose the speculative futurism industry👇
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Is Sam Altman right that AI will be smarter than humans within the next 10 years?
Don’t be so sure. Read @StuartWhatley and @AgarNicholas 👇
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‘The claims being made about AI’s potential are examples of speculative futurism, an increasingly lucrative and culturally influential form of prognostication.’
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Will we ever really make it to Mars or is Elon Musk just betting big to woo investors?
Don’t trust the futurists, write @StuartWhatley and @AgarNicholas 👇
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Here is the blind spot that Silicon Valley hype-artists love to exploit, especially after breakthrough moments like the release of ChatGPT (link below). | @ProSyn
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While feats like the moon landing dwell permanently in our collective memory, we forget (or are oblivious to) all of the times that technology promised to solve some problem but didn’t, write @AgarNicholas and @stuartwhatley. bit.ly/3Otl5BC
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“Give us a real world problem,” @pmarca writes, “and we can invent a technology that will solve it.” But it isn't always as simple as that, @AgarNicholas and @StuartWhatley explain. bit.ly/3Otl5BC
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Nicholas Agar and Stuart Whatley question the widespread belief that all our biggest problems will soon succumb to engineered solutions. project-syndicate.org/commen…
.@elonmusk's claims about imminent Mars colonies and widespread robotaxis are both hollow and yet perfectly tuned to a society that has come to worship technology (w/ @AgarNicholas) prosyn.org/QksyKc5?h=pRGaPLi…
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“We need more, not fewer, ideas about an essentially uncertain future.” Read an excerpt of How to Think About Progress by @AgarNicholas @StuartWhatley & @danweijers about tempering expectations of #technology and empowering young minds to shape the future. ssir.org/books/excerpts/entr…
We tend to prefer engineered/technological solutions to our biggest problems, because these make fewer awkward requests of us. (An excerpt of How to Think About Progress, at @SSIReview) ssir.org/books/excerpts/entr…