Robert Wright's Nonzero

A Bloggingheads détente in the Eli-Bob Twitter war ... Was Eli’s article on Syria a gift to neocons? ... Using the Syria conflict to fight ISIS and oppose Iran ... Can Syria find peace while Assad is its leader? ... When American exceptionalism collides with international law ... White House leaks galore! ... Is Iran a victim of demonization? ... Double standards in U.S. foreign policy ...

Is Trump abandoning America Firstism? ... The money behind Washington think tanks ... Are the regime change boys back in town? ... Why Jim thinks a Syria “surge” isn’t likely ... What Mattis wants ... Missile strikes? Cue applause. ... It’s springtime for neocons! ...

Why Mark thinks the GOP health-care agenda is dead ... Bannon v. Kushner: Compare and contrast ... Trump’s MIA foreign policy ... Will Bannon get the boot? ... What Trump needs to do to keep his base ... All aboard the Jeff Sessions policy time machine! ... Local news: Join a virtual meetup with Bob ...

When technology takes people’s jobs ... Asking your iPhone for medical advice ... Killer robots! ... Letting machines decide whether to push the nuclear button ... The growing threat of bioterrorism ... How to stop bioterrorists ... Is it all happening too fast? ...

What is matter? ... What is the relationship between math and reality? ... Your metaphysical bias is showing ... You can’t escape the weirdness of quantum physics! ... The mystery of consciousness ... The emptiness of The Tao of Physics ... The observer and the observed ...

Emily’s attempt to fix social media… ... …and what got in the way ... The problem with Twitter is people ... The dark wizardry of social media algorithms ... Bob’s idea for saving Twitter ... Did social media pave the way for Trump? ... Social media activism after the Arab Spring ...

What Comey revealed about the Trump-Russia investigation ... Was money laundering part of a Trump-Russia quid pro quo? ... Did the Trump campaign collude with Russia? ... Who gave the DNC documents to WikiLeaks? ... Marcy’s theory about what led to Trump’s wiretapping claim ...

Changing the human genome to combat climate change ... Will new technologies stratify society genetically? ... Military and civilian uses of memory-changing technology ... The army’s plans for deep brain simulation ... Matthew's book The Right to Be Loved ...

Why does Trump get away with telling untruths? ... The left's paranoia ... How to make facts more persuasive ... Brendan's project for detecting signs of authoritarianism ... The dangerous allure of the retweet… ... …and the Facebook echo chamber ... Trump’s vicious strain of tribalism ... Scientists find that Bloggingheads combats tribalism (reward us with 5 stars on iTunes)! ...

Why Michael rejects the liberal narrative about Trump-Russia links ... Bob: But the Russia thing is kind of weird, right? ... The facts and fiction of Trump’s wiretap tweets ... Is Michael part of the "alt-left"? Is there even such a thing? ... Twitter’s tribalism ... Have the anti-Semitism alarms been overdone? ...