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MAGA vs. Science Is No Contest

A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/opinion/republicans-science-denial.html?smid=em-share

Facebook is giving the most abusive people on its platform too much power to shape what it is, write @MattHindman, @natelubin, and Trevor Davis.

 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/02/facebook-hate-speech-misinformation-superusers/621617/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Yuval Noah Harari has become a guru of sorts to Silicon Valley. But his new book on AI, “Nexus,” has little to say about the erosion of our intellectual institutions, @dimmerwahr writes. In fact, it might be symptomatic of the trend:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/10/yuval-noah-harari-nexus-book/679572/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

There might be something new to learn from the old images of Uncle Sam pointing at you.

In this special episode of “How to Know What’s Real,” @megangarber and @peterpomeranzev talk about the role of propaganda in America—and how to watch out for it:

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/09/how-to-know-whats-really-propaganda/679661/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

“Whatever awaits the United States under a President Harris, a continuation of the uneasy present is the least likely scenario,” @EliotACohen writes. “Rather, a thunderous wave of crisis may break on her administration.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/09/kamala-harris-foreign-policy-challenge/679678/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Wealthy donors such as the LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman have plenty of personal reasons—billions, even—to oppose Lina Khan, @jcbeam writes. But they say they’re motivated by concern for the little guy:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/silicon-valley-lina-khan-antitrust/679655/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

“This concept of presidential immunity conjured up by the Roberts Court has made the current crisis of American democracy perpetual,” @adamserwer writes. “Until it is overturned, every president is a potential despot.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/roberts-supreme-court-2024-term/678983/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Why Is the Loneliness Epidemic so Hard to Cure?

Maybe because we aren’t thinking about it in the right way.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/magazine/loneliness-epidemic-cure.html?smid=em-share