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The Download: next-gen nuclear, and the data center backlash

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. How next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint The popularity of commercial nuclear reactors has surged in recent years as worries about climate change and energy independence drowned out concerns about&#8230

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Geopolitics

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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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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