The Navigator, Saturday, August 10, 2024
Factory farming, endless parenting, bridging the partisan divide, and more
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Humanity is failing one of its greatest moral tests (VOX)
The long, maddening, glorious, vital fight against factory farming.
The New Age of Endless Parenting (The Atlantic)
More grown kids are in near-constant contact with their family. Some call this a failure to launch—but there’s another way to look at it.
Amid distrust and anger, conversations to bridge the partisan divide (Washington Post)
A Washington Post story about an organization we here at New Rules wrote about last month called Braver Angels helps The Post to sit down to talk with individuals holding different political views, about the distrust, anger and animosity dividing this nation.
Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World (The Nation)
The climate crisis demands that we retrofit them—which won’t happen at scale until architects start seeing themselves as political actors.
America Isn’t Ready for the Wars of the Future (Foreign Affairs)
Future wars will no longer be about who can mass the most people or field the best jets, ships, and tanks. Instead, they will be dominated by increasingly autonomous weapons systems and powerful algorithms. The future of war is already here.
In the Age of A.I., What Makes People Unique? (The New Yorker)
More than ever, we’re challenged to define what’s valuable about being human.
The United States of Aunties: A Culture Powering the Harris Campaign (The 19th)
In the Black and South Asian communities Harris hails from, being an “auntie” is an honorific for caregivers, community builders — and maybe even the next president.
Is it OK to wear shorts in the office? (NPR)
In this heat, it’s a good question. But we asked designer Thom Browne for advice. Have a listen.