Russia starts making ground in the Ukraine war as the parts of its military machine finally start working together. America endures another school mass shooting and descends into the usual internal warfare. A hacker releases documents from Chinese police stations in Xinjiang showing just what’s happening to the Uighers. The UK introduces a post-Brexit bill to deregulate gene editing. And in this week’s short thought, I talk about the what it means to think for yourself.

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