Author: Jim

Start-Ups Bring Silicon Valley Ethos to a Lumbering Military-Industrial Complex

Small, fast-moving U.S. tech firms are using the war in Ukraine to demonstrate a new generation of military systems but face the challenge of selling them to a risk-averse Defense Department.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/us/politics/start-ups-weapons-pentagon-procurement.html?smid=em-share

Start-Ups Bring Silicon Valley Ethos to a Lumbering Military-Industrial Complex

Small, fast-moving U.S. tech firms are using the war in Ukraine to demonstrate a new generation of military systems but face the challenge of selling them to a risk-averse Defense Department.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/us/politics/start-ups-weapons-pentagon-procurement.html?smid=em-share

The Way Out of the Debt Crisis Could Lead Back Through the Civil War

President Lincoln and Republicans in Congress recognized that preserving America’s credit was the key to financing the Civil War, and therefore to the government’s survival.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/debt-crisis-civil-war.html?smid=em-share

What Has Trump Cost American Christianity?

The death of Tim Keller is a chance to ponder his faith’s Trump-era path.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/tim-keller-donald-trump-election-2024.html?smid=em-share

Is the Surge to the Left Among Young Voters a Trump Blip or the Real Deal?

The question is how long it will last.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/voting-trends-democrats.html?smid=em-share

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/22/monopoly-ftc-antitrust-supreme-court/

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Office Workers Don’t Hate the Office. They Hate the Commute.

Don’t expect a race back to the workplace if it remains a hassle to get there.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/opinion/elon-musk-remote-work.html?smid=em-share

Working From Home and Realizing What Matters

Reduced commuting won’t raise G.D.P. So what?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/opinion/work-from-home-commuting-gdp.html?smid=em-share

You Can Have the Blue Pill or the Red Pill, and We’re Out of Blue Pills

In games like chess, no human can hope to beat a computer. What happens when the same thing occurs in art, politics or religion?

By Yuval Harari, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin

Mr. Harari is a historian and a founder of the social impact company Sapienship. Mr. Harris and Mr. Raskin are founders of the Center for Humane Technology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/yuval-harari-ai-chatgpt.html?smid=em-share