Author: Jim

A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/06/harvard-and-the-making-of-the-unabomber/378239/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Where Does Religion Come From?

How do you get from the desire for meaning or the fear of death to the specific content of religious belief?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/opinion/religion-christianity-belief.html?smid=em-share

A Brief But Spectacular take on how to rebuild local news

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-brief-but-spectacular-take-on-how-to-rebuild-local-news

Putin hasn’t given up his plans. He thinks Ukraine’s allies will lose interest. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/us-ukraine-support-putin-defeat/675953/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

They’re better off but not feeling it—which could be a really big political problem. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/american-household-income-improvement-voter-sentiment/675959/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

American farming is at a crossroads. Climate change, consumer choices and political pressures have forced many ranchers and farmers to rethink their purpose.

https://wapo.st/40uCeAd

I Saw What Happened to America’s Postwar Plans for Iraq. Here’s How Israel Should Plan for Gaza.

After the lessons the United States should have learned from postwar Iraq, some advice for Israel and its plans for a post-Hamas Gaza.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/opinion/israel-gaza-iraq-iran.html?smid=em-share