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Universal basic income: Towards a new society by 2050
How will people support themselves and find purpose in life when robots do all the work for us?
Why can't America have Israel's welfare state?
Is American aid funding better benefits for Israelis than Americans have at home?
Just say no to prohibition
Consciousness-altering drugs can be both lifesaving medicine and an economic engine, if we stop trying to criminalize them.
America's 250th: Looking backward and forward
America has been divided for 250 years. If we make it to 500, will we be still having the same arguments or will we have outgrown them?
No religious revival, quiet or otherwise
Claims about a surge in young converts are wishful thinking based on no evidence.
Godless time: Time for a secular calendar
Time is measured by scientific standards, so why do we still use a calendar based on religion?
Secularism's third way
Does Eastern philosophy hold the answer to finding meaning in a godless world?
The colossal stupidity of war with Iran
An unwinnable war without a goal and with consequences for the world.
The era of Mamdani
This isn't how politics normally goes in America.
Negativland and me: Why we fall for hoaxes
Public gullibility was a problem in the 1980s when I was caught up in a famous media hoax. It’s worse today.
When it’s hell on the surface, it’s time to go deep
The perspective is out there.
The future of murder
A 'guided missile for the poor' is changing the face of targeted killing.