Yes. That is what’s happening. But any thread about “name your favourite WW2 movie” or whatever is impossible to follow as a result.

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With great respect Michael, I believe you do Neville Chamberlain a great disservice. He was a serious person, of intellect and good will, who sought to avoid the horrors of the Great War "at almost any price" (to quote the official UK government biography). Light years from the other chap.

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None of the horrors of our political present would have surprised Judith Shklar, Mark Lilla writes, “except perhaps the speed with which the sinister, grinning cruelty of liberalism’s new enemies has been adopted by a large portion of the American public.”

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My tribute to dear old Dad for the SMH with good buddy Helen Pitt and sis Thea Burke ... Dad's funeral will be live-streamed at St Brigid's YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@eventsstbri... ... RIP www.smh.com.au/national/fie...

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The risk from artificial intelligence must be judged by how it contributes to the risks that humanity already faces. Kevin R. James argues that rapid AI progress offers the best prospect for dealing with these risks now by helping us get off-planet. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

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