Public Affairs - National Politics

This May Be Our Last Chance to Save the World

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – YOSEMITE, Calif. – Moses. Jesus. Martin Luther King. The Beatles. Ten Years After. How many warnings does it take? How many have to die? Consider this a radio script with music. It was the Hippie Era when the concept first came to my attention that the world needed saving. In 1971, Ten Years After came out with the song “I’d Love to Change the World.” Lyrics Everywhere…

Opinion - Editorial Commentary and Essays

The Press: Raising a Red Flag When Riptides Churn Society

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The A.I. Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – When riptides are churning up the ocean, lifeguards raise red flags, warning swimmers and beachgoers of the danger. When there is danger ahead in society, scientists, experts and journalists raise red flags. That is how democracy works, or doesn’t work, if people and politicians ignore the…

Science - Environment - Technology

Trump’s Plans for Major Changes to How National Parks Are Managed is Leaked

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Staff Report – The Trump administration is planning a significant reorganization of the National Park Service and other bureaus with the Department of Interior, the second major shake-up of the nation’s public lands infrastructure in less than two years, according to a breaking news scoop from NOTUS, a new D.C. news outfit started by Publisher…

Science - Health - Technology

Anthropic Founder Calls for Slowing the Pace and Regulating A.I.

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We Must Pace the Frontier – By Dario Amodei – Bio Note: Dario Amodei is an American artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur. In 2021, he and his sister Daniela Amodei co-founded Anthropic, the company behind the large language model series Claude. Before that, he was the vice president of research at OpenAI. Dario Amodei: Wikipedia…

Part IV – Trump’s Changes to American Health Care

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What Will the Administration’s Policies Actually Mean for Patients? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – The Affordable Care Act changed American health care by making insurance available to millions of people who previously couldn’t obtain or afford it. The second Trump administration is now making changes that appear to be a direct…

Part II: When Medicine Starts to Look Like a Factory

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Is American Health Care Losing the Doctor-Patient Relationship to Corporate Medicine? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – There was a time when going to the doctor meant going to your local doctor, a member of your community who you knew personally. You knew the physician. The physician knew you. Your medical history…

Part I – Facts Matter: The State of Health Care in America

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Editor’s Note: Healthcare is one of the top domestic and economic concerns for Americans. Public opinion research consistently shows this to be the case. Recent surveys from Gallup reveal that a striking 61 percent of adults in the U.S. worry “a great deal” about healthcare, ranking it…

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Elon Musk Proves Great Wealth Does Not Make You Happy

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Take the Pledge of Altruism to Find Happiness – By Glynn Wilson – Elon Musk is living proof that great wealth does not make for great happiness. He’s the richest man in the world, the first trillionaire. Yet a new documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, set to make its world premiere this week at…

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