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“Dan Williams is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex.”

“Internally, the emphasis on leisure may lead to passivity and feelings of dissociation, while externally, rivals who prioritize economic expansion, industrial capacity, and military power may have their own plans.”

“(For an alternative take on AI’s existential risk, in Persuasion this week Matt Lutz explores why it’s time to worry about AI.) This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.”

“…n reinforced and seemingly confirmed over the course of the 20th century—decades during which the United States engaged in a series of wars and police actions around the globe without ever suffering “an attack on America itself—its soil, its cities, its…”

“As Michel Foucault wrote, “Power is tolerable only on condition that it mask a substantial part of itself.”

“What has been under much more sustained attack in recent years is the liberal part of liberal democracy; that is, the idea that governments should be constrained in their powers by a rule of law and constitutional checks on state power.”