JOURNALISM
Florida shooting: Look again, Dr Pangloss, America is bleeding
A new, optimistic view of the world seems at odds with the carnage in the US.
The more machines learn, the less we shall grasp
The rise of artificial intelligence threatens to make our world more mystifying.
Republican smiles may soon turn to grimaces
Trump’s parade of US heroes will quickly be forgotten if the economy stalls.
Jack of all online trade trumps Davos Donald
Tech giants of the East, not the US, are now the world rulers-in-waiting.
Trump exemplifies the Ugly American. Davos will accept him anyway.
Two years ago, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, it seemed inconceivable that Donald Trump would be elected president of the United States.
The first signs of rust on Macron's iron hand
Those who liken the president to Napoleon should remember Boney’s fate.
Silicon Valley and the Threat to Democracy
Forget Russian hacking—the real threat to democracies around the globe is social media’s inexorable and unavoidable destruction of common ground and shared perspective.
The Secret to Henry Kissinger’s Success
Many think the retired diplomat’s closeness to one man—Richard Nixon—was the source of his power. That gets Kissinger dangerously wrong.
Social networks are creating a global crisis of democracy
Silicon Valley once promised its digital revolution would topple dictators – but now it's disrupting the free world instead.