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Robert Lynch is an evolutionary anthropologist and writer based in North Carolina. He writes about effort, humor, AI, and culture through the lens of evolution and everyday life, and publishes The Laughing Ape on Substack.
Forget AI going haywire. The real problem is that it’s working as intended: making us lazier and less able to connect.
With AI creating insatiable demand for electricity, an old but clean source is getting a second look thanks to favorable politics and new extraction technology. It’s Landman for environmentalists.
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Forget AI going haywire. The real problem is that it’s working as intended: making us lazier and less able to connect.
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So-called “Constitution-First” Republicans are uncomfortable with Trump’s abuses of power. They could be the key to a pro-democracy coalition that cuts across party and ideology.
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If I were running for office this fall, here’s what I’d say: Protect families first.
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Long sought by both the right and left, the changes could protect consumers and lower costs.
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Every energy crisis is a windfall for oil refiners—and consumers pay the price.
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Bombing Iran may be the easy part. What hawks refuse to reckon with is everything that comes next.
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