Get this issue of the Wall Street Journal right away. Four articles that will shape your mind.
How a Philosophy Split Silicon Valley by McMillan and Seetharaman explains the split in Open AI that was caused by a core difference in the view of human beings. The people who kicked out Sam Altman believe in the philosophy of Jurgen Habermas. A follower of Adorno and Marx. Believers in the potential to improve human beings by rational critical methods. A very wrong view of humanity.
A book review by Adrian Woolfson of Philip Ball's More Than a Box of Chocolates. Ball argues that the current view of DNA that sets out to improve the human genome is based on a model of DNA as a machine or a computer. A very wrong model.
Why the Jewish Way of Living Matters by Leon R. Kass one of my favorite thinkers who opposes tampering with the human genome. He explains why Israel is the moral center of the modern world and it is Jewish values that created America and the best of our contemporary world.
Lastly, the editorial Nikki Haley's Medicare Advantage. Reports on a study that finds Medicare Advantage costs less than Medicare and has better health outcomes. The Democrats are trying to destroy Medicare Advantage.
I personally value Isaiah Berlin's view in The Crooked Timber of Humanity.