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A Surprisingly Subversive Sex Comedy

In his recent memoir, Communion, JD Vance talks about feeling “profoundly sad for today’s kids” navigating the dating scene. “Hookup culture wasn’t good in a lot of ways,” he. The post A Surprisingly Subversive Sex Comedy appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Possibility of Possibility

Might Couldby anna lena phillips bellwaywiser books, 88 pages, $19 Might could” is a Southern expression meaning “maybe I could” or “I might be able to,” conveying tentative possibility. The post The Possibility of Possibility appeared first on First Things

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Society

Lindsay Clancy and the Trials of Modern Parenting

The Lindsay Clancy case has taken an odd turn online. Clancy is facing three counts of first-degree murder after her children were found strangled in the family’s Duxbury home. The post Lindsay Clancy and the Trials of Modern Parenting appeared first on First Things

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Technology

Aaron Levie on Why Open AI Wins

Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie joins MTS hosts Theo Jaffee and Sofia Puccini to make the case for open-weight AI, unpack the economics of open versus closed models, and explain why he believes more openness could strengthen rather than undermine the U.S. AI ecosystem. Aaron argues that open models create more use cases, push closed labs to innovate faster, and don't fundamentally change where the economics of AI ultimately accrue. They debate model distillation, America's competition with...

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