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Damon Isherwood

Aug 28, 2026, 12:12 PM

The Trial of Meta and Our Need for Distraction

Chairman and chief executive officer of Meta Platforms, Mark Zuckerberg. (Wikimedia, CC-BY-2.0)

The past week has seen one of the world’s most powerful technology companies on trial. The federal case in Oakland concerned allegations that Meta deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children, misled the public about their safety and collected...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Aug 28, 2026, 6:39 AM

The Miracle Drug.

You have a pharmacy between your two ears. And a miracle drug you can manufacture within your own biology everyday. The human brain contains systems regulating stress, motivation, reward, attention, pain and emotion. What we repeatedly notice, expect and think...

Aug 27, 2026, 9:14 PM

Repetition: A two-edged sword

Hands up those of you who were taught your times tables by rote, reciting them over and over again in a dismal sing-song chorus at the prompting of a teacher who pointed them out on a chalked-up blackboard. I...

Aug 26, 2026, 4:43 AM

The Great Data Center Kerfuffle of 2026

Google Data Center, Council Bluffs Iowa

“Moshe, America is in a kerfuffle. And this kerfuffle has a name: The Great Data Center Backlash of 2026. Turn on TikTok, and you'll see that data centers are this week's boogeymen. Yes, those huge collections of networked computer...

Aug 25, 2026, 12:07 PM

We Cannot Afford to Return to October 6

The October Council, an organization formed by bereaved families, survivors, families of hostages and others directly affected by the October 7 massacre, has issued a warning that cannot be ignored. Its new report raises the possibility that Israel does...

Aug 24, 2026, 5:21 AM

Claim the Real World

Before every role, there stands a human being My father was a family doctor. When I was a boy, he sometimes brought me on house calls, and I carried his black doctor’s bag. I thought there was magic inside it...

Benjamen Franklen Gussen

Aug 22, 2026, 11:41 AM

On the Problem of Scale (I)

On the Problem of Scale

Every beneficial system has a characteristic scale. When migration, trade or territorial control exceeds it, scale distortion and scale entanglement turn advantage into crisis. Most political arguments begin too late. By the time we ask whether immigration is good or...

Aug 22, 2026, 11:17 AM

Inches to Metric: Merkaz Lavi – PTSD/PTG (Post Traumatic Growth) #2

Merkaz Lavi-PTSD center.

The Magic in Reality I wrote a prior blog Merkaz Lavi (click), explaining why/how we got involved in creating our center, and issues regarding PTSD. This dives deeper into how we went about creating/manifesting Merkaz Lavi. Manifesting! What does it take...

Aug 21, 2026, 12:33 PM

Sometimes, I really wish there were a God

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I'm a confirmed atheist, but I've come to see that humanity is hard-wired for faith. So I still don't believe, but now I feel like I'm missing out

Bruce D. Forman

Aug 21, 2026, 5:37 AM

Can Jews Ever Be Happy?

Every year my wife and I spend time in France. This year we did the unthinkable: we went to Disney Paris. Alright, so I had a discount coupon. Getting there involved easy train rides from Le Marais that brought...

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