What we are reading August 6, 2025.
The value of suffering and more stories about artificial intelligence are dominating the headlines this week. Take a look.
The renewable energy revolution is a feat of technology | Rebecca Solnit
An energy revolution is underway in this century, though most people have not noticed it
Rebecca Solnit
No drone war for old men? How an Army exercise highlighted a generational divide
The Army tested a variety of counter-drone technologies in Europe and learned more about how future wars may challenge its current force.
Patty Nieberg
Trump fires a senior official over jobs numbers | CNN Business
President Donald Trump has fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whom he accused of manipulating the monthly jobs reports for “political purposes.”
Kit Maher, Matt Egan, Alicia Wallace
Ice entices new recruits with patriotism pitch and pledge of $50,000 signing bonuses
‘Brave and heroic Americans’ campaign seeks investigators, officers and lawyers after agency gets funds from Congress
Associated Press
Analysis: Information is power, and Trump wants more control over it | CNN Business
Climate change reports, deleted. DEI initiatives, banned. Local TV and radio stations, defunded.
Brian Stelter
Judge orders Workday to supply an exhaustive list of employers that enabled AI hiring tech
Workday cannot narrow the collective to exclude individuals ranked or sorted using the HiredScore artificial intelligence product, which it did not develop.
Caroline Colvin
Nietzsche vs. Schopenhauer’s Views on Life, Suffering, and the Will | TheCollector
Is suffering something that hinders us, or helps us along? Schopenhauer looks for a way out, while Nietzsche insists we make good use of it.
Viktoriya Sus
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