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Slopocalypse Now

Driven by the same incentives that brought us social media and its many social and political ills, the tech industry’s pivot to generative AI has cast further doubts on the potential for online life to serve positive human ends. The question now is whether those still offering a humanistic vision of online life can make themselves heard over the din.

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Reinventing Europe
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Reinventing Europe

Despite boasting world-leading universities and research institutions, robust trade relationships, a strong industrial base, and a well-established rule of law, Europe has failed to leverage its advantages in a way that would unlock its full economic potential.

At the same time, it appears to be punching below its weight internationally, instead of providing the leadership the world so desperately needs to maintain progress toward broadly shared goals.