Work & economy
The Hiring Blind Spot
The more exactly a company describes the person it wants, the less it can tell whether it got one. The only part of hiring that still knows was never written down.
Institutions & trust
The Flat Earth Is a Trust Problem, Not a Science Problem
Why evidence alone cannot repair a breakdown in trust—and what institutions can learn from it.
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Can Europe’s Social Model Save Itself?
Most of Europe’s pension and care systems have no working way to correct course in time. Some built one and switched it off. One kept it.
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Trust in AI Is Checked Now, Not Assumed
Users, labs, and lawmakers each have to check whether the others can be trusted. Anthropic’s new usage policy shows all three doing it at once.
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