People Are Marrying Holograms and Making Friends with Chatbots. But Can AI Bring True Happiness?
How AI companions enable the junk-food version of happiness sold by materialistic, externally-oriented societies.
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Putin Powerfully Rebuffed the Hawks Who Want Him to Attack NATO
Putin cleared his throat to smack down the idea that Russia should seek to mix things up with NATO.
Read more...MAHA’s Meat-Loving Industrial Farming Hypocrisy
MAHA touts are in denial that their support for meat-eating is tantamount to support for factory farming.
Read more...5 Ways Data Centers Endanger Their Local Communities and the Country as a Whole
Yet more on why you should hate data centers.
Read more...Who Needs Bitcoin & Cryptos (-50%) Amid the Semiconductor & Miracle IPO Mania?
Are bitcoin and crypto, followed by semiconductors and AI, proving Mark Twain right, that manias don’t repeat but they rhyme?
Read more...RFK Jr. Seeks Access to Americans’ Individually Identifiable Medical Records for Clues, Using a Bogus Autism and Vaccines Pretext
RFK Jr. wants to go fishing in medical records to substantiate debunked theories about autism and vaccines. What could go wrong?
Read more...Commodity Markets Are Living on Borrowed Time
Another warning that the deceptive calm in the commodity markets is not set to last.
Read more...A Peptide, a Secretive Scientist, and a Debate Over Evidence
RFK, Jr. is backing a peptide out of Zagreb, BPC-157, which has lots of fans and very little evidence. What could go wrong?
Read more...Iran War: Iran Rejects Trump Claims That Deal Is Near as US Counterproductively Toughens Terms; Hotter Tit-for-Tat Strikes Threaten Ceasefire; What if Trump Continues to Stall When Hitting Energy Cliff ?
Today’s Iran war update: What if Trump fails or refuses to resolve the conflict despite the US going over the energy cliff, projected for July?
Read more...When ICE Ramped Up Enforcement, US‑Born Workers Didn’t See Any Economic Gains
US natives did not see wage gains from ICE crackdowns. But the story looks more complicated than some suggest.
Read more...Iran War: New Reports of Agreement on Memo of Understanding Effectively Shot Down by Bessent as He Also Repeats Threats Against Oman; Israel Attacks Beirut; More Warnings of Energy Price Cliff Plus Claim Trump Made Illegal Below-Market SPR Sales
Today’s Iran war news: More Axios “deal is sealed” fake news as real economy costs of continued conflict look even more dire.
Read more...It’s Not Just High Gas Prices – Inflation Is Now Spreading Through the US Economy
Inflation is rising and set to become more severe and puts the Fed in a bind.
Read more...Iran War: US Attacks Iran for Second Day as Trump Rejects Leaked Iranian Outline of Terms, Threatens to Bomb Oman; US Draining of Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Contain Energy Prices Means Energy Cliff Arrives Sooner
Today’s Iran war update: The US and Iran trade blows as Trump forcefully rejects fundamental Iran demands and Israel pounds Lebanon.
Read more...A More Resilient Europe Faces a Renewed Energy Shock – But Difficult Trade-Offs May Resurface
A new analysis of the impact of the Iran war on the energy and economic prospects for Europe has a whistling-pas-the-graveyard feel.
Read more...Iran War: US and Iran Exchange Fire as Trump Reveals Extent of Israel Capture With Barmy Abrams Accord Proposal; Continued Denial of Approaching Energy Crunch After Reserves Depleted
Iran war news: Negotiations are supposedly advancing despite a US attack, a fiery Khamenei speech, and Israel declaring “full war” in Lebanon
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