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Bryan Walsh

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What’s behind Trump’s colonial dreams?

On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump shocked the world with a proposal that was, even by his standards, totally out of the blue: that all...

06.02.2025 3

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Bryan Walsh

The Doomsday Clock is running out of time

On Sunday afternoon, I went to the National Football Conference championship game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. At one point early in...

29.01.2025 8

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Bryan Walsh

There are no “acts of God” anymore

Why do disasters happen? The ancient Greeks had an all-purpose explanation, as I’ve been learning from my Greek myth-mad 7-year-old son: the gods....

22.01.2025 10

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Bryan Walsh

Your brain is lying to you about the “good old days”

Vox reader Dov Stein asks: Why do people think the past was so much better when so many things have drastically improved? That’s an excellent...

15.01.2025 30

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Bryan Walsh

The 14 predictions that came true in 2024 — and the 10 that didn’t

Making predictions is a tricky business, and here at Future Perfect, we don’t pretend to have a crystal ball. But we do think there’s real...

30.12.2024 2

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Bryan Walsh

9 actually good things that happened in 2024

The media does not give you an accurate picture of the world. This isn’t to say that we’re not reporting the truth or that we’re making facts up....

26.12.2024 8

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The 10(ish) most read Future Perfect stories of 2024

It’s that time of year. As Future Perfect has in the past, we’re rounding up our most read stories of the year. This little trip down memory lane...

24.12.2024 4

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Bryan Walsh

The drone hysteria is a glimpse of the future

If, like me, you live in the Northeast, you’ve likely found it impossible to escape the story of the month. No, not the killing of a major...

18.12.2024 7

Vox

Bryan Walsh

How Christopher Nolan made the threat of nuclear extinction feel real

21.11.2024 3

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Bryan Walsh

The system failed us. We’ll still miss it when it’s gone.

13.11.2024 81000

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Bryan Walsh

How progress creates its own obstacles

23.10.2024 81000

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Bryan Walsh

Paris reminded us why we love the Olympics

09.08.2024 2

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Bryan Walsh

Is there an AI bubble — and is it about to pop?

06.08.2024 80500

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Bryan Walsh