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Welcome To The New Warring States | NOEMA Today’s global turbulence has echoes in Chinese history.

“Trump’s trade policy bypasses multilateralism, instead compelling each country to negotiate bilaterally — on America’s terms. In doing so, Trump is not merely reacting to a broken global order. He is forcing others into an entirely new one.”

—Hui Huang

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Rescuing Democracy From The Quiet Rule Of AI | NOEMA Our gravest AI risk isn’t runaway superintelligence but our cultural readiness to surrender collective judgment to algorithmic systems.

Our gravest AI risk isn't runaway superintelligence but our cultural readiness to surrender collective judgment to algorithmic systems, Andrew Sorota argues in his @noemamag.com piece this week

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Very proud of @mariafarrell.bsky.social and @robin.berjon.com for their selection!

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A Third Path For AI Beyond The US-China Binary | NOEMA What if the future of AI isn’t defined by Washington or Beijing, but by improvisation elsewhere?

“AI sovereignty, as it currently plays out outside of the U.S.-China vacuum, is not a banner‐waving claim to territorial control; rather, it manifests itself as the quiet right to decide what counts as knowledge & how that knowledge shows up in the world.”

—@digitaldang.bsky.social

We Failed The Misinformation Fight. Now What? | NOEMA Defending democracy in the digital age will require moving beyond the focus of fighting online misinformation.

As a journo who has spent time on fact-check desks, this story was an interesting one to edit.

“The last decade has made clear that we aren’t going to fact-check or inoculate our way toward a healthier civic culture.”

—@zevesanderson.com & Scott Babwah Brennen

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How We Became Captives Of Social Media | NOEMA Today’s social media has shifted from social networking platforms to AI-enhanced conveyor belts of vapid entertainment. Is there any escape?

“The stark cognitive dissonance between how people feel about social media & how they use it is one sign that we have entered a new era in our relationship with these platforms.”

— @mikesmariani.bsky.social

So proud to be a part of the Noema Magazine team — and in this video, too!

The Ascendance Of Algorithmic Tyranny | NOEMA As today’s platforms become all-powerful, the metaphors we use to describe our digitally infused world exemplify a new, stealthier form of domination that is emerging.

Beneath the rise of AI lies a deeper transformation: Power now flows through networks, emerges in patterns, & governs not by edict, but by architecture, @pettertornberg.com & @uitermark.bsky.social argue

Molecular Civil War In LA | NOEMA The rift between conservatives and MAGA may be more consequential than street demonstrations.

The rift between conservatives & MAGA may be more consequential than the street demonstrations in Los Angeles, writes Nathan Gardels in @NoemaMag this week.

A New Political Compass | NOEMA The politics of left versus right no longer make sense when the future of all earthly life is at stake.

The tech oligarchs choosing “to throw their lot in with the MAGA movement is not because they have all shifted allegiance from the political left to the political right,” Dan Zimmer writes.

Rather, they see Trump as someone who won’t stand in the way of their goals for technological advancement.

America Is In A Late Republic Stage Like Rome | NOEMA History suggests republics don’t last more than 250 years.

“America is now spending more on interest payments on debt than on the defense budget for the first time in its history.”

—Niall Ferguson

#politics #american #history

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We Need To Rewild The Internet  | NOEMA The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.

A year ago today, @mariafarrell.bsky.social and I published "We Need To Rewild The Internet" with @noemamag.com, edited by @latams.bsky.social.

First things first, if you haven't read it yet, today's a great to find out why it's still a hit a year on: www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...

Trump’s Climate Denial Is A Gift To China (Who’s Ready To Receive It) | NOEMA Far from making America great again, the Trump regime’s climate denial could enable China to assume the mantle of global economic leadership — a devastating blow to democracy.

The divergence between China’s climate ambitions & America’s current outright denial of the crisis “could well lead to democratic capitalism’s hegemonic decline,” @doctorvive.bsky.social argues.

AI Is Evolving — And Changing Our Understanding Of Intelligence | NOEMA Advances in AI are making us reconsider what intelligence is and giving us clues to unlocking AI’s full potential.

Excited to share this piece by Blaise Agüera y Arcas & James Manyika on how advances in AI are changing how we think of intelligence & giving us clues to unlocking AI's full potential.

Well deserved! Congrats to @mariafarrell.bsky.social and @robin.berjon.com both!

Living Things Are Not Machines (Also, They Totally Are) | NOEMA Our formal models of life, computers and materials fail to tell the entire story of their capabilities and limitations.

“The days of pretending we have binary, easy-to-recognize categories of machines & living beings are over.”

— @drmichaellevin.bsky.social

Evolutionary Stability Is The Better Bet | NOEMA Team Trump’s wobbling upheaval undermines faith in the future.

Team Trump’s wobbling upheaval undermines faith in the future | Nathan Gardens in @noemamag.com www.noemamag.com/evolutionary...

Hey folks, @noemamag.com is at #SWSX in the expo hall near the “Next Stage.” Come find us and chat!

From Statecraft To Soulcraft | NOEMA How the world’s illiberal powers like Russia and China rule through their visions of the good life.

A fascinating piece for these times:

“The major illiberal regimes worldwide today are ready & willing to use the soft & hard powers of the state to realize their visions of the good life. They are in the business of crafting souls, or soulcraft.”

—Alexandre Lefebvre

Trump As Sovereign Decisionist | NOEMA Applying economic coercion through mercantile might.

“The impact of this dramatic departure of the United States from being the leading promoter & defender of a liberal internationalist order to the chief architect of its demolition is only just beginning to register worldwide.”

—Nathan Gardels

Why AI Is A Philosophical Rupture | NOEMA The symbiosis of humans and technology portends a new AIxial Age.

Artificial intelligence, this piece argues, forces a reckoning with the deeply rooted binaries of modern thought. The real challenge is to embrace AI as a philosophical phenomenon and to rethink what it means to be human.

By Tobias Rees in @noemamag.com

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Visionary Leaders Of Small Nations | NOEMA Singapore and Malaysia join to weave a path between America and China.

“As the great powers battle it out over the shape of the world order, visionary leaders of small nations are pragmatically positioning themselves as best they can for whatever comes next.”

—Nathan Gardels

Departing the New York Times I left to stay true to my byline

“I felt that my byline was being used to create a storyline that was no longer mine. So I left.”

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The Languages Lost To Climate Change | NOEMA Climate catastrophes and biodiversity loss are endangering languages across the globe.

“Where plant & animal species are disappearing, languages, dialects & unique expressions often follow a similar pattern of decline.”

—@jwebsterayuso.bsky.social

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Destination Mars | NOEMA President Trump and Elon Musk are shifting America’s space focus to Mars. As settlements get established, corporate control will likely loom large.

Humanity’s corporate-driven future on the Red Planet may be closer than ever before, writes David Ariosto.

During his second inaugural address, President Trump promised to “pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars,” & send American astronauts to Mars.

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Exclusive | LA Mayor Karen Bass failed to deploy highly trained $1M crisis response team to help wildfire victims “This team is more well funded than any in the country and is sitting on its hands, not responding at all,” one longtime volunteer told The Post.

Exclusive: LA Mayor Karen Bass failed to deploy highly trained $1M crisis response team to help wildfire victims

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L.A. Blowin’ In The Wind | NOEMA Will the fires this time make a difference?

“One might think that, with each successive climate event more severe than the last, going on with business as usual will finally be seen as untenable.”

— Nathan Gardels

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The Great Decentralization | NOEMA What happens when sprawling online communities fracture into politically homogenous, self-governing communities?

A timely piece.

“What ultimately splintered social media wasn’t a killer app or the Federal Trade Commission — it was content moderation.”

— @noupside.bsky.social

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