Lead batteries are poisoning millions of children. We can stop it.
Remember the Flint, Michigan, water crisis? The public health disaster that, at its peak, poisoned nearly 5 percent…
Social Security retirement age: How to raise it without hurting poor people
The other day, economist Tyler Cowen made an offhand observation that took me aback a bit: that the…
Designer babies: Should you try embryo selection via polygenic testing?
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral…
Trump’s AI chip flip-FLOP | Vox
Whatever else can be said about the second Trump administration, it is always teaching me about parts of…
Extreme weather deaths hit record lows despite climate change
From the wildfires that torched Los Angeles in January to the record-setting heat waves that cooked much of…
The ethics of AI jobs: Are $100M salaries worth the societal risk?
It’s a good time to be a highly in-demand AI engineer. To lure leading researchers away from OpenAI…