- How France’s education system fell, via NR.
- Robert Doar fittingly praises Robert Woodson after Woodson’s death on May 19, 2026.
- Among those raised with no religion, 71% still have no religion, according to Ryan Burge.
- AI as a religion: “‘Practically speaking, it will achieve the outcomes that many religions claim their deities would be able to achieve,’ [David Nixon] said. This is an increasingly common belief among researchers in Silicon Valley. They insist they are on their way to building a more powerful species — or even a new God,” reports the NYT. “A.I. researchers are trying to build technologies that have jobs, feel joy and pain, and exhibit all sorts of qualities that match and even exceed the traits that make us human. He believes it could happen within the decade.”
- FT: “OpenAI’s foundation has said it will grant $250mn to promote research into AI’s impact on the economy and jobs, as the ChatGPT maker’s charitable arm aims to soften the impact of the powerful technology.”