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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of October 18, 2026

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Another set of interesting, important, sometimes disturbing but sometimes hopeful readings.

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Democratic Subversion in 2026 - Part 1

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A set of 2024 articles which described democratic subversion as a four-step process of demoralization, destabilization, crisis, and normalization are even more chilling now than they were then. Here we review the problem; in the next newsletter we talk about how to address it.

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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of October 4, 2026

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Another list of interesting readings, plus a note about our last post on an AI-tool to analyze the news.

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John Lande's AI News and Analysis Tool

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A tool to get AI to provide evidence-based analysis of the news, rather than a simple summary of headlines. It is intended to help users understand both what has happened and why it matters.

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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of September 20, 2026

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Staying up to date is a depressing task these days, but there is some good news in here, along with much concerning news.

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And Now We Are Having ANOTHER Election that Both Sides Believe They Absolutely, Positively, Must Win!

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The U.S. is now facing yet another election that both sides say is "existential" -- if they lose ALL will be lost. A reflection on how TO and how not TO respond to this situation.

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Uncertainty Clouds: A Key to Navigating Today's Chaotic and Malicious Information Environment

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This essay explains how concepts based on neural networks and quantum theory's Heisenberg principle can help us navigate today's many assaults on the knowability of objective truth.

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Revisiting Kenneth Boulding's First Law: If It Exists (or Has Been Done), It Must Be Possible

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"If it exists, it must be possible" seems obvious. But it apparently isn't, because we ignore that belief all the time. Paying attention to it opens up possibilities we badly need.

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