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How did looking back at the Earth for the first time change humanity’s perspective? The legendary thinker Stewart Brand tells the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein why we need to shift our focus from “looking outward” to the essential, constant work of maintaining our civilizations and the planet itself.
Read full articleStewart Brand, an author and visionary, deeply influenced the internet era from the 1960s onward. Yet the systems he inspired have become fundamentally unintelligible to their creators. The Opinion columnist Ezra Klein explores the tension between Brand’s “how to” philosophy and the black-box reality of modern A.I. on “The Ezra Klein Show.”
What if the A.I. boom takes not just your job, but most jobs? The congressional candidate Alex Bores joins the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein to pitch an “A.I. Dividend” — a policy devised to fund a universal basic income if A.I. begins to outmatch human labor.
Readers respond to a column by Ezra Klein. Also: Reflections on Pope Leo XIV; the healing power of nurses in the I.C.U.
