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There are few projects that better capture Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitions for Saudi Arabia than NEOM. Announced in 2017 and launched as part of Vision 2030, the vast development on the Red Sea was supposed to demonstrate what the kingdom could accomplish when combining its almost limitless capital with cutting-edge technology and political will. In its promotional materials,...

After the Second World War, Europe sought to build a new social order that would mark a dramatic break with its recent militaristic and undemocratic past. One of the elements of this order was that the masses would be able to protest with state protection. The consensus was that this would strengthen the democratic spirit, allowing political contestation to happen not only in...

America is in the midst of a dating recession. Almost two-thirds of young adults aren’t dating anyone seriously. But our friends stand apart. Nearly all of them are dating or happily married. It isn’t because they are un...

In November, Massachusetts voters will have the opportunity to decide whether the state’s recreational marijuana law should be repealed. While the initiative, known as Question 8, is very likely to fail, its...

A recent Reddit post asks: “So, AI takes over, everyone has lost their job and only 10 trillionaires own everything. Now what?” The author goes on: “Meta, Open AI, and Amazon own everything, cool be...