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“In brief, the report says that university leaders can and should speak out publicly to promote and protect the core function of the university, which is to create an environment suitable for pursuing truth through research, scholarship and teaching. If, for example, Donald Trump presses forward with his announced plan to take “billions and billions […]

“What makes the consequences of next week’s poll difficult to predict is that the shape and character of the new European majority will be decided in two rounds. Europeans will vote in June; Americans elect their president in November. The outcome of the US elections will be felt particularly keenly in Europe.” Fonte: Financial Times […]

“The press is reporting that President Biden plans to opine on the verdict in the Manhattan case against Donald Trump once the jury decides. If that’s true, it would be another lousy White House political decision that plays into Mr. Trump’s hands and underscores the partisan nature of the prosecution.” Fonte: The Wall Street Journal […]

“It shows €150m (£128m), the equivalent of €1 in every €4 of all private donations made between 2019 and 2022, went to populist parties and those with the most extreme political views.” Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Carmen Aguilar García, Pamela Duncan and Lisa O’Carroll Link: Quarter of political donations in EU go to extremist and […]

“The emerging sewage crisis is only one of many disasters we can expect as the planet continues to warm, and nowhere near the top of the list. But it seems to me to offer an especially graphic illustration of two points. First, the damage from climate change is likely to be more severe than even […]

“Psychologists often explain group antipathy as a function of perceived threats. “Narratives embedded around fear are the ones that get traction,” says Stefania Paolini of Durham University. Fear of economic competition can explain why poorer citizens tend to dislike immigrants more. (Though wealthy people may dislike foreign rich folks too: Swiss-Germans resent better-educated German immigrants.) […]

“Israel’s partners are frustrated by Netanyahu’s resistance to allow more aid into devastated Gaza, and determination to press on with the offensive in Rafah — where more than 1mn people had sought sanctuary. They are angered, too, by his refusal to produce a viable post-conflict plan for the strip; his failure to rein in rampaging […]

“Such public support for Mr. Trump used to be taboo in Silicon Valley, which has long been seen as a liberal bastion. But frustration with Mr. Biden, Democrats and the state of the world has increasingly driven some of tech’s most prominent venture capitalists to the right.” Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Erin Griffith […]

“Companies are some of humanity’s most powerful institutions. They create immense wealth. So it’s odd that we allow them to eschew democracy when selecting a leader. What’s worse is that they have opted to embrace a terrible version of the parliamentary system.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Stuart Kirk Link: It’s time to let shareholders choose […]

Ten nations and the EU at the Seoul summit this week agreed to establish an international network of safety institutes to monitor the performance of frontier AI models, which is welcome. But they should now listen to Johansson and dig much deeper into the powerful corporate structures that deploy these models. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: […]