Why everything that’s not renewable will, sooner rather than later, be too expensive

Congress just passed the most important anti-corruption reform in decades, but hardly anyone knows about it

The U.S. is embracing the most sweeping anti-corruption reforms the country has seen in decades—and will do so with remarkably strong bipartisan support and little fanfare. With veto-proof majorities, Congress recently passed the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual bill generally meant to shore up U.S. defense spending. This year’s iteration folded in a piece […]

3 things to watch for in A.I. in 2021

New developments in artificial intelligence may seem trivial compared to recent events like the Capitol riots in which pro-Trump rioters attempted to subvert the election. But 2021 will likely be a big year for A.I., and with a new White House administration soon in place, there may be a clearer set of national A.I. policies […]

Biden introduces his Surroundings Group, Predicting climate change’the existential Danger of the time’

President-elect Joe Biden introduced Saturday primary members of this group he’s building to meet his pledge to fight climate change, phoning them qualified and brilliant. Climate change has been”the existential danger of the own time,” Biden said, along with the folks he had been nominating to direct the Environmental Protection Agency, the White House Council […]