thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] Trump’s falsehoods about the federal case against him threaten to undermine public confidence in law enforcement — just as his lies about the 2020 election did for American democracy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/30/commentary/world-commentary/donald-trump-lies/?utm_content=buffera28e5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #republicans #joebiden #democrats #donaldtrump #2020uspresidentialelection

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] With U.S. Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling, another long-held legal precedent has been overturned and another long-standing conservative goal achieved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/30/commentary/world-commentary/affirmative-action-ruling/?utm_content=buffer5a03e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #us #universities #racism #supremecourt #affirmativeaction

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] AI technology can help mitigate environmental damage but it can’t solve the problem of the plastics polluting the oceans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/30/commentary/world-commentary/ai-pollution-fix/?utm_content=buffer252f8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #pollution #climatechange #ai #environment

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] Whether generative AI — including large language models like ChatGPT-4 — will be good for workers depends significantly on whether it leads to more innovation in products or processes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/29/commentary/world-commentary/ai-driven-unemployment/?utm_content=bufferc85c1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #unemployment #jobs #globaleconomy #technology #ai #chatgpt4

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to philosophy

[Commentary] NASA’s plan to recruit unpaid volunteers to rescue the Hubble telescope fails to appreciate the ongoing value of this scientific treasure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/29/commentary/world-commentary/hubble-telescope/?utm_content=buffera8957&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #nasa #space #hubbletelescope

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] A recent thawing of ties between Japan and South Korea could help enhance economic security and keep China in check. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/29/commentary/world-commentary/south-korea-diplomacy/?utm_content=buffer35d31&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #china #southkoreajapanrelations #geoeconomicbriefing

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] Soaring temperatures this spring should spur governments to finally live up to their pledges to curb the use of fossil fuels https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/28/commentary/world-commentary/little-panic-might-order-amid-global-heat-records/?utm_content=buffer3c035&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #globalheatrecords

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] The tercentenary of Adam Smith’s birth is an opportunity to consider how his insights into the dynamics of economic growth will shape our understanding of a world with AI. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/28/commentary/world-commentary/adam-smith/?utm_content=buffer20fda&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #globaleconomy #economics #adamsmith

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] China's collective memory of its own warlords is one reason why the country's leaders are determined to keep military force firmly under the control of the ruling Communist Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/28/commentary/world-commentary/warlords-return/?utm_content=buffer04677&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #china #vladimirputin #russia #ukraine #xijinping #yevgenyprigozhin #russiaukrainewar

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] When it comes to manipulating the human metabolism, we’re entering entirely new territory with new drugs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/28/commentary/world-commentary/eli-lilly-weight-loss/?utm_content=buffer32c28&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #drugs #obesity #elililly #medicine #ozempic

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] NATO will always have a minimal role to play in Indo-Pacific security. It can contribute, but it is just too far away, with more urgent concerns requiring its energies and resources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/27/commentary/japan-commentary/nato-asia-security/?utm_content=bufferd7f0b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #china #defense #russia #nato #asia #asean #indopacific

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to philosophy

[Commentary] Imposing trade restrictions to address national-security concerns is at the heart of today’s heightened tensions between China and the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/26/commentary/world-commentary/de-escalate-u-s-china-tensions-decouple-differently/?utm_content=buffer53ac0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #china #us #chinausrelations

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to philosophy

[Commentary] The idea that your work should pay emotional dividends — and not just the bills — would have seemed strange to most people before the 20th century. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/26/commentary/world-commentary/job-satisfaction/?utm_content=buffereaca5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #employment #jobs #useconomy #globaleconomy

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to philosophy

[Commentary] Countries in Africa, Asia and South America should support Ukraine against Putin. But the West could help by being less hypocritical. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/25/commentary/world-commentary/global-south/?utm_content=buffer2776f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #russia #russiaukrainewar #globalsouth

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] The Japanese media are divided in their assessment over the success of the U.S. secretary of state's trip to Beijing for talks to better relations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/24/commentary/world-commentary/blinken-china-trip-2/?utm_content=bufferca508&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #china #us #xijinping #chinausrelations #antonyblinken

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] The intensifying geopolitical tensions between China and the West have put ASEAN countries, which cannot decouple from either side, in an unenviable position. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/23/commentary/world-commentary/asean-us-china-ties/?utm_content=bufferce92b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #china #us #defense #globaleconomy #asean

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] No, the HRC is not being hyperbolic in its warning about the political climate, the dangers it poses to LGBTQ+ people and what must be done by everyone to change it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/23/commentary/world-commentary/lgbtq-emergency/?utm_content=bufferd5a0b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #us #humanrights #lgbtq

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] Women in the future may soon be able to get a series of shots that teach their immune systems how to quash breast cancer before it becomes a problem. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/23/commentary/world-commentary/breast-cancer-vaccines/?utm_content=bufferbc803&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #health #cancer #breastcancer #vaccines #medicine

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] Ukraine and the West are smart to take Russia’s nuclear doctrine at face value: No nukes will fly until and unless Russia faces an existential threat. So far, it hasn’t. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/22/commentary/world-commentary/putin-nuclear-threat-3/?utm_content=buffer1a99d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #vladimirputin #russia #belarus #ukraine #nuclearweapon #russiaukrainewar

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] The Macron Summit on global financing will seek to enhance fragile economies’ access to the funds needed to cope with development challenges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/22/commentary/world-commentary/global-development-aid/?utm_content=buffer4151d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #poverty #worldbank #aid #development #hunger #sdg

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] With Beijing's clout increasing, and with the U.S. and China battling for influence, ASEAN may prove key to building order in the Indo-Pacific region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/22/commentary/world-commentary/asean-indo-pacific/?utm_content=buffer5e06b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #china #asean #geoeconomicbriefing

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to philosophy

[Commentary] A provocative lawsuit brought by Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive architect of the Renault-Nissan alliance, makes it harder for the French and Japanese carmakers to move on. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/21/commentary/japan-commentary/carlos-ghosn-story/?utm_content=bufferad898&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #nissan #renault #carlosghosn

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to philosophy

[Commentary] The recent cease-fire between Israel and Islamic Jihad, the detente between Iran and Saudi Arabia and the de-escalation in Yemen have all been accomplished with minimal Western involvement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/21/commentary/world-commentary/post-us-middle-east/?utm_content=buffer5cf5f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #us #israel #middleeast #saudiarabia #iran #diplomacy #arableague

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to philosophy

[Commentary] The bad news of spiraling U.S.-China relations is that it has the potential to descend into a kinetic conflict that could have negative ramifications for Japan and the broader Indo-Pacific. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/21/commentary/world-commentary/china-us-relations-3/?utm_content=buffer28d93&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #china #us #defense #chinausrelations #indopacific

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to showerthoughts

[Commentary] The benefits of staging the Olympic Games go beyond profit-and-loss accounting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/21/commentary/world-commentary/olympic-games-costs/?utm_content=buffer1ed7e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #olympics #tokyoolympics