Wilsonianism is a foreign policy approach based on Woodrow Wilson's ideas, emphasizing democracy, self-determination, collective security, and international institutions like the League of Nations to promote peace. Key principles include open diplomacy, support for capitalism, and opposition to secret treaties, though scholars debate whether it represents inspiring liberal internationalism or justifies humanitarian intervention.
The Chaos Computer Club invites participants to 40C3, Europe's largest hacker conference, running December 27-30, 2026 in Hamburg. The event seeks speakers, artists, musicians, and performers to contribute to a platform exploring new societal models through technology, civil liberties, and community engagement.
Gil Durán argues that Silicon Valley has adopted fascist ideology and that tech billionaires are consolidating corporate and political power to threaten US democracy. He discusses this radical movement and its strategies in an interview with Paris Marx.
An authoritarian action tracker monitoring seven tactics used to undermine democracy in the United States, ranked by escalation rate. The most rapidly escalating tactics include aggrandizing executive power, politicizing independent institutions, and targeting vulnerable communities, while stoking violence shows no change.
An essay exploring the philosophical tensions in AI alignment, questioning whether an AI system is truly aligned if it makes decisions that improve outcomes despite public disagreement. The author argues that genuine alignment requires preserving human agency and meaningful consent in determining what 'better' means, rather than simply optimizing for outcomes or majority approval.
James Marriott's book 'The New Dark Ages' argues that screens are making society post-literate, causing cognitive decline, cultural degradation, and threatening democracy. The reviewer finds the argument frustratingly unfocused, presenting eight separate claims without adequate evidence—particularly questioning whether cognitive decline is actually caused by screens rather than other environmental factors.