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Mindfulness: Foundational Skill for Reclaiming Attention in Digital Age
Reclaim your attention from the digital economy's distractions. Mindfulness clarifies focus, revealing transient thoughts and emotions to cultivate intrinsic well-being and improve all life commitments.
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Fragmented Reality Fuels Societal Crises and Hinders AI Safety
Misinformation fragments shared reality, fueling polarization and hindering solutions to existential threats like AI, making critical thinking and attention crucial for survival.
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Religion's Role in Navigating AI Upheaval and Cultural Decline
AI and digital life create an evolutionary bottleneck, potentially rendering human purpose obsolete; religion's dogma and tribalism may be essential for navigating this crisis.
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Reconciling Moral Intuitions with Effective Altruism's Rational Demands
Discover how to maximize your positive impact by directing resources to the most effective causes, potentially yielding a thousand-fold difference in results compared to less effective charities.
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US De-industrialization and Alliance Dismantling Risk National Security
US tariffs de-industrialize the nation, replacing high-skill jobs and risking shortages and inflation, while a fractured political landscape and weakened alliances create profound instability.
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Happiness: The Ultimate Metric for Ethical Impact
Maximize happiness as the ultimate metric and discover counterintuitive interventions that deliver the most well-being impact, challenging traditional notions of effective altruism.
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Parenting's True Impact vs. Genetics and Luck
Parental effort's limited impact on child development and the vital role of luck in life's circumstances, contrasting the wealthy's self-reliance with genuine compassion for misfortune.
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Zombie Democracy: Institutions Fail, Authoritarianism Rises
America's democracy is a "zombie," institutions hollowed out by 21st-century authoritarianism's subtle norm erosion, unchecked executive power, and the rise of shamelessness.
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