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Rational thought for irrational times. Shape a future based on reality, compassion, and secular courage
'Shut it all down': The ethics and risks of AI
A philosopher and an AI expert explore the potential pitfalls and benefits of artificial intelligence. An ongoing series.
How the Electoral College dies
There is a real chance that future elections will take place without the red-and-blue map of the Electoral College. Here's how it could happen.
Good robots, bad robots, and the future of work
You say 'the robots will take our jobs' like it's a bad thing.
One life: Imagining a radical acceptance of death
Could a future religion in which death is final create a real utopia?
Are brewpubs and tasting rooms the churches of the future?
As churches vanish, your local brewpub may help satisfy the need for human communion.
The emptying of Florida
Many Floridians currently fleeing Hurricane Milton are unlikely to return. It may be the first big step in the predicted near-emptying of the climate-exposed peninsula.
I still want to go to Mars, but not if Elon Musk punches the ticket
It's bad enough what Musk does on Earth. I don't want him controlling my oxygen supply.
The problem with eternity
Thinking 500 or 10,000 or a million years in the future is hard enough. Yet some people toss around eternity as if they understand it.
For a future worth living in, we need one fundamental shift
Every aspect of life in the future will take place in the jaws of a climate emergency.
What can future secularists learn from the Jewish High Holy Days?
The coming secular civilization will have regional variations borrowing concepts and even rituals from local religions.
Is the US headed for a cold civil war?
A majority of Americans fear that political violence is imminent. But it may not take quite the form we imagine.
The methadone of the people
It's tempting to imagine a future free of the opium of the people. But there's a new addiction right behind it.
