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Is God right about health care in America?

If professors Einav and Finkelstein can prove first that the concept outlined in 1776 did not work, their reasoning...

Aug 15, 2023

Can AI be playing Socrates?

Nations that truly discuss their problems make better decisions and are wealthier than those that do not. The money...

Can AI help Americans overcome the political divide?

AI can dance around human sensitivities and, as a machine, be less intimidating. It can give us a shot...

Politicians have already outsmarted AI

Human deception in American politics is still a few magnitudes better than the best AI can generate. Politicians do...

Real professors, phony science

The peace requires informing Russians that none of the countries around Russia aspire to take any of its territories...

  Ukraine
Mar 21, 2023

World War III had already started

Informally, WWIII had started on February 24, 2022. The objective is to win it decisively before it spreads.

  Ukraine
Feb 2, 2023

How to become a billionaire quickly …

The biggest money comes from resolving something that poses a problem for the most people. In the United States,...

Jan 18, 2023

Can Musk save Twitter?

Americans lost trust in the media. But they do not want to be dumb. They seek information. Can Musk...

Dec 29, 2022

Medium needs Robert Townsend as the CEO

Blunt candidness is the way to keep Medium vigorous and prosperous. It is certainly not by creating a community...

  Media
Nov 5, 2022

Drowning in the deluge of futile advice

Americans can agree only that they disagree on almost everything. A profound disagreement of that magnitude could not be...

Sep 16, 2022