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English is becoming humanity's shared language
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (365+ words) It's now the language of choice for communication between people who speak different native tongues. The pairs of drivers who changed throughout the journey addressed travelers in English. At every service station, café, and restaurant, staff greeted international customers in…...
AI: the greatest disability aid since the wheelchair?
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (36+ words) OnlySky AI can serve as assistive technology to help people who suffer from cognitive dysfunction. The magazine for America's secular and nonreligious — the best of it, free, weekly....
Universal basic income: Towards a new society by 2050
1+ week, 1+ day ago (41+ words) OnlySky How will people support themselves and find purpose in life when robots do all the work for us? The magazine for America's secular and nonreligious — the best of it, free, weekly....
Why can't America have Israel's welfare state?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (34+ words) OnlySky Is American aid funding better benefits for Israelis than Americans have at home? The magazine for America's secular and nonreligious — the best of it, free, weekly....
America's 250th: Looking backward and forward
2+ week, 1+ day ago (47+ words) OnlySky America has been divided for 250 years. If we make it to 500, will we be still having the same arguments or will we have outgrown them? The magazine for America's secular and nonreligious — the best of it, free, weekly....
Do we actually want human-centered healthcare?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (787+ words) We should leave the human aspects of healthcare to humans, and let AI handle the rest. "Human-centered healthcare" sounds like an uncontroversial goal. Who could possibly object to that? I understand the appeal. Medicine should be compassionate. Patients should feel…...
Build a bigger table, not a higher wall
3+ week, 3+ day ago (39+ words) OnlySky Documentarian Josh Fox wants us to welcome the tired, poor and huddled masses escaping the climate crisis. The magazine for America's secular and nonreligious — the best of it, free, weekly....
The single day of Carl Sagan
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (706+ words) The embers of a great scientist continue to kindle light down here on Earth. When I was eight years old, my dad gave me an astronomy book: Terence Dickinson's Exploring the Night Sky. It was a beautiful book, packed with…...
Disabled people live in the future
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (911+ words) Technology that merely represents convenience to some can be lifesaving to others. On a given day, I might log into a remote meeting, receive a grocery delivery, meet with my doctor by telehealth, brainstorm ideas using AI, text my best…...
Rucho is the real threat to American democracy
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (525+ words) Many people feel that American constitutional democracy is threatened today. They are right, but the threat does not come from President Donald Trump, who has been revealed by the stalemate in the Iranian war to be much weaker than anyone…...