An anesthesiologist argues that the quest for “perfect” artificial intelligence is not just futile, but also dangerous. Second in a series on AI—read the first here.

America’s institutions have traded their formative virtues for performative outrage. In his new book, Yuval Levin argues that it’s up to us to rebuild them.

To understand how tomorrow’s technology will change our lives, we need to look at what yesterday’s futurists got wrong—and right.

After defecting from Poland, the Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz found himself at Berkeley—an opponent of communism, but distrusting both conservatism and the counterculture. A newly discovered letter from the period, written to James Burnham, resonates today for its wise skepticism of ideological certainties.

After this Chinese New Year, the largest human migration on earth will never be the same again—and it’s not because of coronavirus.

With the impeachment trauma behind us, we republish Suzanne Garment’s essay on how to heal America.

Successfully fighting disinformation and influence operations of authoritarian adversaries requires understanding how these efforts have been developed by—and are run out of—the intelligence services.

In the face of relentless pressure from China, Taiwan may have figured out how to combat disinformation without undermining free speech.

The best ideas in Trump’s peace plan will be delegitimized by its overall failure—because on each count, the Administration has stretched a laudable principle beyond recognition.

The country of Georgia is at an unhappy crossroads, with its institutions increasingly under the thumb of a single man. The United States can and should apply more pressure.