The Pope on A.I.

Magnifica Humanitas: Pope Leo XIV on safeguarding the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence.

Nitish Pahwa on the Pope's views.

[Photo by Chad Greiter at Unsplash]

Imagine Belonging to This Club

The members of The Literary Club were Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, James Boswell, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, Joshua Reynolds, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith, and David Garrick.

To its members, it was simply known as "the Club."

[Source: The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age by Leo Damrosch.]

Making "Raiders"

 

The Wisdom of Dr. Jill

I had no idea that if you suspect someone is having a stroke that you're supposed to take them to Waffle House.

An Ideology of Self-Destruction

 

No Minor Decision

 The Sovereign Professional has reduced his guitar collection.

Wow!

 

Stealing Time

 

The Hammock Papers has thoughts on a valuable lesson for children.

The Scientific-Technological Elite

My Substack essay on Ike's 1961 warning.

My bet is on Ike and Huxley.

[Photo by Andrea De Santis at Unsplash]

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