NotableWriting is fundamental to thinking. “The erosion of creative thinking means young people will struggle to navigate uncertainty.” — Rebecca Winthrop, an author of “The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better” Where every cease-fire paves the way for the next war. “A Lebanese cease-fire is a document about the cessation of violence that leaves intact every internal mechanism that produced it.” — Rana Hanna, author of the novel “Birds in the Rain” Trump is remaking the world map. What could go wrong? “A system of fuzzy borders, in which powerful states treat territory as negotiable and sovereignty as conditional, is not a viable alternative to the liberal world order.” — Stephen E. Hanson and Jeffrey S. Kopstein, authors of “The Assault on the State: How the Global Attack on Modern Government Endangers Our Future” Spotlight
Time Changed Me. Not Prison.A formerly incarcerated writer reflects on how the prison system didn’t foster change. ICYMINine months of medical attention. Then you’re forgotten. “We should design a model that treats mother and infant as a single unit of care, both clinically and financially, through the first year of life.” — Sejal Hathi, an assistant professor at Stanford School of Medicine More in OpinionIn Your WordsRe: “Progressives Are Listening to the Wrong People on A.I.” I am amazed that all these Captains of Industry busy replacing their work force with A.I. bots don’t realize they are ceding control of their firms to the likes of Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel etc. — A comment by Gravesender from Brooklyn Read more comments on the story here and check out our Letters to the Editor. We hope you’ve enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible through subscriber support. Subscribe to The New York Times.
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