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The Realities of Empire (ft. Nathan Pinkoski)

In this episode, Nathan Pinkoski joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent review, “Hegemon or Empire?” from the January 2026 issue of the. The post The Realities of Empire (ft. Nathan Pinkoski) appeared first on First Things

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Technology

The Triage Trap: When AI Speed Replaces Command Judgment

A targeting screen fills with structures, heat signatures, and a rapidly closing window. Aircraft have only minutes of fuel left when an AI highlights a single building, and suddenly the decision space collapses to one bright box.This is the triage trap: a pattern in which AI-enabled workflows determine which options reach command judgment in the first place, before a commander weighs alternatives. What the model elevates becomes the decision — what it filters out disappears. This is no...

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Culture

Greenland and the Guarani

A 40-year-old movie about Jesuit missionaries in South America holds interesting insights about the future of Denmark’s largest territory. The post Greenland and the Guarani appeared first on The American Conservative

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