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Why the Israel-Palestine Conflict Persists | Robert Wright & Robert Malley

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Robert Wright @robertwrighter.bsky.social · 6d

Had a great chat w/ Rob Malley about his new book on the history of Israel-Palestine peacemaking efforts. He's been involved in them and his co-author was involved on the Palestinian side. The result is uniquely illuminating.

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 7d

Why the Israel-Palestine Conflict Persists | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and Robert Malley, co-author of the new book Tomorrow is Yesterday, discuss how failures of perspective-taking have doomed attempted solutions.

Why the Israel-Palestine Conflict Persists | Robert Wright & Robert Malley

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 7d

Why the Israel-Palestine Conflict Persists | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and Robert Malley, co-author of the new book Tomorrow is Yesterday, discuss how failures of perspective-taking have doomed attempted solutions.

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 9d

An AI race with China is 'completely crazy'—but saying that is 'just not really in the Overton window of mainstream politics in the United States at the moment.' – David Krueger

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 9d

Did Trump have a neocon conversion experience? It's not impossible:

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 9d

Spain became the fifth country (after Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, and the Netherlands) to say it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if Israel participates. More below:

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 9d

"It's insanely broad. This is an open-ended war authorization against an untold number of countries, organizations and persons." - Harvard law professor @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social on proposed anti-cartel legislation. More below:

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 9d

"The question is whether we will govern this transformation together or let it govern us." – UNSG Antonio Guterres on international AI governance. More below:

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 10d

"BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!" – Trump threatening Afghanistan after they rejected his plan for renewed US military presence at Bagram Air Base. More below:

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

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Robert Wright @robertwrighter.bsky.social · 10d

In this week's Earthling, the weekend edition of @nonzeronews.bsky.social, I look at the UN’s new push for AI governance, Trump’s rejection of global rules, and the risks that attitude poses for all of us.

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 10d

The truth is that every grim scenario, including AI-abetted pandemics and a socially destabilizing pace of job displacement, is a loss of control scenario: If these things happen, that means we’ve failed to control technology adequately.

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 10d

“You hear lots of people say that a great deal is when both sides win. That is a bunch of crap. In a great deal you win—not the other side. You crush the opponent and come away with something better for yourself.” – President Donald Trump, who is now seemingly entering his neocon era. More below:

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 10d

“Five or ten years ago, everyone agreed that we needed international cooperation—everyone I talked to in the safety community. And then I think people went to Washington and started playing insider politics.” @davidskrueger.bsky.social

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 10d

Even people who declare themselves members of the “AI Safety” community are saying little if anything about international governance and are singing along with Sam about the need to “beat China.”

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 11d

“We totally reject all efforts by international bodies to assert centralized control and global governance of AI.” — Michael Kratsios, Trump’s top science adviser

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

Two Visions of AI Apocalypse | Robert Wright & David Krueger

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 11d

Two Visions of AI Doom | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and @davidskrueger.bsky.social —AI safety activist and machine learning professor at @umontreal.ca —discuss @esyudkowsky.bsky.social's new book on AI takeover and contrast it with David’s own theory of how a takeover could play out.

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 11d

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 11d

NEW–Trump’s Dangerous AI Nationalism
Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

Plus: TikTok’s pro-Israel future; Trump’s neocon conversion; Eurovision impairment; and more!

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 14d

Israel, Gaza, and Free Speech in America | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and Glenn Loury discuss the war in Gaza and the discourse around it—including the “genocide” question, the evolving Israel speech code, and the price Glenn paid for airing diverse views on his show.

Israel, Gaza, and Free Speech in America | Robert Wright & Glenn Loury