“Despite recent summer temperatures rising, five years ago temperatures reached 108 degrees,” says Lee. “Many Parisians remain calm, viewing air conditioning as a climate-destroying luxury that is primarily enjoyed by whiny Americans.” And that’s the opinion of people who don’t like putting ice in their water!
Li writes that the home’s designers “claim that their ‘natural’ air conditioning systems ensure that temperatures never exceed 80 degrees in most apartments most of the time,” but this claim includes more qualifications than the Chinese gymnasts’.
Not surprisingly, the US, Australia and other countries are bringing in their own window units. Add in the authorities’ ill-fated attempt to repurpose the Seine for aquatic sports and the whole “Green Games” starts to seem a bit pointless.
But at least Paris is trying. Lee reports that the mayor rebuked the opposition in a very French way: “I have great respect for the comfort of the athletes, but I think even more about the survival of humanity.”
France has also been a pioneer in the field of clean energy through nuclear power for many years. Rob Gebelhoff I’m glad the U.S. is taking small steps to catch up.
He wrote that the recently passed Nuclear Advancement Act should help “lift the nuclear industry out of a decades-long slump” marked by aging and closures of reactors and a lack of commitment to building more. Currently, U.S. nuclear energy production is expected to decline over the next 15 years.
Robb explains the important role the ADVANCE Act will play, but writes that this is just the beginning: The country will need much more investment to bolster its largest source of non-carbon energy.
Speaking of nuclear, Alexander Karp and Nicholas Zamiska The heads of Palantir Technologies began their editorial with a rethinking of global nuclear peace, a massive reduction in violence brought about by the frightening specter of mutually assured destruction. Like dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel, they this The weapon has to be something that is actually useful.
But “the nuclear age may soon be coming to an end,” Karp and Zamiska write. “We are now in the software century. Future wars will be driven by artificial intelligence, the development of which is progressing at a much faster pace than conventional weapons.” So will AI weapons be developed and managed by the same (typically) responsible custodians who kept the world’s nuclear stockpile? Or not?
The authors worry that Silicon Valley’s unwillingness to work with or for the military exposes the world to the latter possibility. In Silicon Valley, “engineers turn away from the turmoil and moral complexities of geopolitics,” the authors argue. “Yet the peace enjoyed by those who oppose working with the military is made possible by the credible threat of force from those same military.”
Karp and Zamiska write that the newest generation of STEM kids must be inspired and energized to contribute to the development of the world’s leading AI-powered autonomous weapons systems, not for war but for peace.
Chaser: They’d better act fast. Editorial Committee They write that the significant delays at the Pentagon reflect problems the military is only just beginning to solve.
“The Court is failing at the outset,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned in a dissenting majority opinion on Friday in what was otherwise an obscure immigration case. Instead, the Court appears intent on weakening marriage protections, the very thing it promised to do. do not have What to do when you flip over Roe v. Wade.
write Ruth Marcus“This appears to be the first blow in a battle over the scope of countless constitutional rights. Dobbs. “
While Luce doubts the Supreme Court will have the arrogance to take away same-sex marriage rights, she acknowledges there is some cause for concern given how easily the decision could have avoided the issue altogether.
Chaser: Should President Biden campaign for Supreme Court reform? Alexi McCammond We break down the pros and cons in our latest Prompt 2024 newsletter.
- Lena Wen The Surgeon General’s proposal to require warning labels on social media platforms is a great idea that would go a long way to address the teen mental health crisis.
- For those of you with a sensitive disposition, every week is Shark Week. Gene Robinson It analyzes the gaffe that Donald Trump has never been able to forget.
- Max Boot He wrote that he had rarely seen Israelis more depressed than they are now, under the threat of war with Hezbollah.
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