The Engineering State?

Review: Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future, by Dan Wang. W. W. Norton, 2025. 288 pp.

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The Left Must Stop the AI Arms Race

We cannot let the biggest corporations continue to endanger the public with legal impunity. For now, only the left is prepared to do what it takes.

Aug 13 • Alexei Gannon

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July 2026

Freedom’s battle, once begun

An excerpt from the anniversary of the 1st International

Jul 4 • One Thousand Means

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June 2026

We Should Not Deport Transplants

And it is increasingly confusing to me why NIMBYs and Establishment Democrats want to.

Jun 4 • Zachary Jones

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Saikat Chakrabarti on Venture Capital, AI Risk, and Fighting for Public Control of the Future

"Do we want to plan for that potential shift and handle the transition in a way that creates the least amount of harm and the most amount of good…

Jun 1 • One Thousand Means

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May 2026

Moratorium... for what?

As support grows for pausing data center construction, the purpose of a pause loses clarity

May 1 • Alexei Gannon

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April 2026

The AI Safety Super PAC Should Stop Wasting Money

Are we really ensuring we all survive by re-electing Pete Ricketts and stopping Saikat Chakrabarti?

Apr 22 • Zachary Jones

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March 2026

Sanders Sounds the Alarm on AI

America's foremost socialist is warning that artificial intelligence may extinguish human life.

Mar 19 • Zachary Jones

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Science Education Reform Should be Easier

The medieval dynamics holing us back

Mar 10 • June Kur

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The NY ChatBot Bill is Everything Wrong with the Left

Socialisme ou stupidité

Mar 6 • Zachary Jones

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Chris Gober: The AI Lobby's Champion in Texas

Leading the Future is Buying the Most Powerful Lawyer in the GOP

Mar 3 • Zachary Jones

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Noise Complaints

AI hyperscalers, the Hum, and trade-offs in the global backyard

Mar 2 • Alexei Gannon

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