Trump’s blatant bigotry makes it easy to cast racists as loud, obnoxious villains who need to be named and shamed. But the most pernicious forms of racism today are systemic, not individual.
A man of vociferous opinions, few consistent, Kaiser Wilhelm II was confident of his universally superior knowledge. This confidence was not matched by an ability to read briefing materials or master policy details.
Conservatives used to have a deep appreciation for the fundamental complexity of human societies and thus abhorred simplistic solutions. Their recent fetishization of “sovereignty” as a cure-all is a betrayal of their tradition.
What should worry us most about artificial intelligence: losing our jobs to cheaper labor or losing our lives to killer robots? The real threat may lie in yet another danger: losing our minds.
As Charles Krauthammer argued a decade ago, “Decline is a choice.” We must not let the U.S. basketball team get beaten at next year’s Olympics in Tokyo.
It’s neither pacifism, nor a proclivity to free-riderism, nor (strictly speaking) a sense of moral certainty that leads Germans to shirk their security responsibilities. It’s actually a profound psychological sense of self-doubt that’s to blame.
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