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A disparate group of thinkers argues that the reign of human beings on Earth is nearing its end, Adam Kirsch writes. Should we welcome our demise?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/anthropocene-anti-humanism-transhumanism-apocalypse-predictions/672230/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

We’re Underestimating the Risk of Human Extinction

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/were-underestimating-the-risk-of-human-extinction/253821/

 

An Oxford philosopher argues that we are not adequately accounting for technology’s risks—but his solution to the problem is not for Luddites.

Where Does JD Vance’s Ideology Really Come From?

The vice-presidential candidate has right-wing friends in high places.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/opinion/jd-vance-right-wing-intellectual.html?smid=em-share

Do Politicians Realize How Difficult and Rare Immigrating to the U.S. Legally Actually Is?

People who wish to come to America in search of a better life deserve a fair shot.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/opinion/immigration-us-legal.html?smid=em-share

What’s So New About the ‘New Right’?

JD Vance and his allies represent a mind-set that dates back to the McCarthy era and the dawn of the Cold War.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/magazine/jd-vance-new-right-republicans.html?smid=em-share

The Real Reason Trump and Vance Hate Being Called ‘Weird’

It reminds voters how far out of the mainstream Republicans have gotten.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/opinion/trump-vance-harris-walz-weird.html?smid=em-share

J. D. Vance is just the man that the Catholic right has been waiting for, @DamonLinker writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/jd-vance-post-liberal-catholics-thiel/679388/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Democrats Have Needed Someone Like Tim Walz for Decades

The Minnesota governor fills a decades-long geographic messaging gap for Democrats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/opinion/tim-walz-prairie-populist.html?smid=em-share

Sarah Smarsh is a journalist and the author of the forthcoming book “Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class” and “Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth.”

Keir Starmer’s party beat the far right and far left by addressing real voters’ problems.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/07/uk-elections-2024-labour-party/678892/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social