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The Geopolitics of Water: Is the Next World War Already Being Quietly Fought Over the Resource We Take Most for Granted?

Artificial general intelligence — a system that can outperform humans across virtually all cognitive tasks — could arrive within years or decades. Whether it represents humanity's greatest achievement or its last mistake depends entirely on choices being made right now, in relative obscurity, by a small number of researchers and companies. Stuart Russell, Yann LeCun, and Nick Bostrom debate whether we're building the future wisely or sleepwalking into catastrophe.

IN THIS ARTICLE: DR. VANDANA SHIVA VS. DR. PETER GLEICK VS. DR. SARAH B. WHITE — SYNTHESIZED BY TEXTUNO EDITORIAL

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The Architecture of Sacred Space: When Churches Empty and New Temples Are Shopping Malls and Gyms, Where Do People Go to Feel Something Larger Than Themselves?

Psychedelics were once synonymous with counterculture rebellion — now Johns Hopkins has a psychedelic research center, MDMA is in FDA trials, and psilocybin is legal in Oregon. Michael Pollan, Rick Doblin, and Dr. Nora Volkow debate whether the therapeutic potential is as transformative as the early results suggest, and whether the medicalization of psychedelics will preserve or destroy what made them significant in the first place.

IN THIS ARTICLE: SAMANTHA E. SMITH VS. DR. MICHAEL R. JENSEN VS. RACHEL L. KIM — SYNTHESIZED BY TEXTUNO EDITORIAL

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The Lost Art of Changing Your Mind: In a Culture That Rewards Conviction, Has Intellectual Humility Become a Sign of Weakness?

We know more about climate change than ever, the science is clearer than ever, and the international commitments are more numerous than ever — so why is global emissions still rising? Naomi Klein, Bill Gates, and Kate Raworth debate whether the problem is political will, economic structure, technology, or something more fundamental about how modern societies make collective decisions.

IN THIS ARTICLE: JONATHAN HAIDT VS. CHRIS HAYES VS. JULIA GALEF — SYNTHESIZED BY TEXTUNO EDITORIAL

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The Economics of Disgust: Why Do Wealthy Societies Spend More Managing Their Waste Than Preventing It — and What Does That Say About What We Actually Value?

The body positivity movement set out to challenge impossible beauty standards — but critics argue it has sometimes swung so far that legitimate health concerns get dismissed as fatphobia. Dr. Lindo Bacon, Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, and Dr. Yoni Freedhoff debate whether the movement has expanded the conversation around health and identity or made it harder to have honestly.

IN THIS ARTICLE: DR. WILLIAM MCDONOUGH VS. DR. ELIZABETH ECONOMY VS. PROF. PAUL CONNETT — SYNTHESIZED BY TEXTUNO EDITORIAL

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The Tyranny of the Happy Ending: Has Narrative Culture Trained Us to Expect Resolutions That Real Life Never Delivers?

Extreme sports athletes have always accepted risk as part of what they do — but when their sport goes virtual through gaming and VR, new questions arise about whether simulated crashes build real competence or create a dangerous overconfidence in riders who haven't actually paid the price of falling. Nyjah Huston, Dr. Brené Brown, and Dr. Kelly McGonigal debate what skill really means when the consequences disappear.

IN THIS ARTICLE: JOSS WHEDON VS. ELIZABETH GILBERT VS. MIRA NAIR — SYNTHESIZED BY TEXTUNO EDITORIAL

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The Borders of Belonging: When Does Community Become a Wall — and Who Gets Left Outside It?

Snowboarding's halfpipe once felt like the last place on earth a corporation would feel comfortable — now it's sponsored, scored, and televised into the mainstream. Kelly Clark, Torah Bright, and Gretchen Bleiler debate whether women's halfpipe in particular has found its moment or quietly traded its spirit for legitimacy.

IN THIS ARTICLE: DIANA ECK VS. DAVID BROOKS VS. ZADIE SMITH — SYNTHESIZED BY TEXTUNO EDITORIAL

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