The Pope’s AI Warnings Are Historic, but Insufficient
6 minute read. Nobel Prize–winning economist Daron Acemoglu of MIT says Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical is historic—but stops short of the real question: what should we be designing AI to do?
Pope Leo Declares War On AI
You don't need to be Catholic to applaud Pope Leo's war on AI. iDose Magazine Editor-in-Chief Aly Kamadia comments on the Pope's historic call to action.
Trump’s Gift to Beijing
5 minute read. Former German foreign minister and vice chancellor Joschka Fischer: Trump's Beijing visit revealed a hegemon in retreat—and a Europe sinking even faster.
Pope Leo Warns of AI’s Risks to Humanity
6 minute read. Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, names AI a defining moral challenge of our time. Three Australian Catholic University scholars explain.
Yes, Democracies Are Controlled by the Superrich
6 minute read. Why hasn't two centuries of free voting curbed inequality? Jeffrey Winters, Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, says the answer lies in a blind spot: democracy was built to serve oligarchs all along.
Richard Feynman was Wrong about Truth and Beauty in Science
5 minute read. Did Feynman get beauty and truth wrong? Massimo Pigliucci, K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at City College of New York, says yes — and explains why it matters.
Probiotic Supplements: Should You Take Them?
Do probiotics actually work? Berenice Langdon, Senior Lecturer at St. George's, University of London, weighs the evidence behind a booming supplement industry.
When Will the AI Bubble Meet Gravity?
4 minute read. Are we watching another tech bubble? Dean Baker (CEPR) revisits the irrational exuberance of the late 1990s, when stocks from Ford to Cisco soared and crashed, and warns today's AI giants may face the same fate as Chinese rivals squeeze margins.
The Global AI Threat Is Already Here
S. Alex Yang (London Business School) and Angela Huyue Zhang (USC) warn that leading the AI race won't keep America safe. Mythos-like tools make every nation vulnerable — and demand US-China diplomacy, not triumphalism.