Perhaps the greatest problem facing both America and the West is the fact that technological progress has outpaced our comprehension. We feel, with some justification, that we are at the whims of Silicon Valley. In this section we examine what the digital age has wrought and plot a path forward.
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What Comes Next Is Worse
The rise of artificial intelligence may enable totalitarian horrors that no twentieth-century intellectual could have contrived.
Will AI Spell the End of Human Supremacy?
Preserving our way of life means preserving the natural order, but it also requires using new technologies in service of what is good.
Chipperdämmerung
The United States is engaged in a halfhearted tech war with China. Chris Miller’s …
What is Technological “Progress”?
The idea of technological progress has been grossly mishandled by the ruling class to excuse themselves of responsibility. Why…
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The Tentacles of the Social Media Octopus
In the age of globalization, the Internet, and social media, the state has become the enemy—not the protector—of free speech.