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How Commercial Surrogacy Targets Military Families
Military wives constitute less than 1 percent of the American population, and they make up between 15…
AI Is Not the Culprit
I have a confession to make: I use AI chatbots. A lot. I ask them questions about…
Has Freya India Cracked the Commodification Problem?
The myth of Narcissus tells of a beautiful young man’s obsession with his own image, captured in…
On Aliens and Our Alienation from God
The Department of War recently released dozens of files, dating back to the 1940s, of UFO sightings.…
AI and the Miracle that Makes Us Human
It occurred to me recently, like a lit match in a black vault, that I’ve never been…
Microplastics in Our Souls
The Last Men:Liberalism and the Death of Masculinityby charles cornish-daleregnery, 288 pages, $32.99 Charles Cornish-Dale, who posts…
How Science Killed Materialism
At the beginning of the twentieth century, materialists could feel triumphant. The four preceding centuries had yielded…
Protecting Kids Online Doesn’t Threaten Speech or Parental Rights
Two misconceptions have been circulating since last week’s landmark ruling in K.G.M. v. Meta et al., which…
The Spiritual Windfall of AI
The twentieth century was not particularly kind to blue-collar workers—or God. The Industrial Revolution and the stock…
Smooth Sailing
I regularly fume as I am caught in the chain of red lights that mark my rides…
AI and Jewish Mysticism
What is the proper spiritual posture from which to ask questions of a machine? Might formulating clever…
The Real Significance of Moltbook
Elon Musk thinks we may be watching the beginning of the singularity. OpenAI and Tesla AI designer…
The Twisted Consequences of Chatbots
In December last year, the autonomous robotaxi firm Waymo took a notable victory lap. The occasion was…
Above Animal Instinct (ft. Jonathan Leaf)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Jonathan Leaf joins…
Cancer and the Cure of Souls
"I have cancer,” the elderly woman announced from her hospital bed high above York Avenue in Manhattan.…
