Don't Bogart My Blog: Sunday Best: Are we living in a simulation?

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Sunday Best: Are we living in a simulation?

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Sunday, August 11, 2019

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If you're still reeling from the two mass shootings that happened last weekend, you're not alone. The current tally is 32 mass killings by firearms in the United States in 2019. In the wake of the attacks, The Times's editorial board declared that we have a white nationalist terrorist problem, while the former F.B.I. Director James Comey and the former national security adviser Susan Rice both commented on President Trump's stoking of racism. If you're still trying to understand how and why this keeps happening, our columnist David Brooks dove into the ideology of hate and how to fight it and Kathleen Belew explained the right way to understand white nationalist terrorism. And if your Sunday morning calls for lighter fare, read on. — Alexandra March

Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?

Yoshi Sodeoka

"Elon Musk has said that the odds that we are not simulated are 'one in billions.'" If we are simulated and we do find out about it, the results could be catastrophic.

Let Us Predict Whether You're a Democrat or a Republican

You are a complex person. You contain multitudes. You have nuanced opinions. That all may be true, but this quiz also shows that how you answer just a few questions is very likely to determine how you vote.

What Makes an American?

Dominique playing Uno with his sister Kristine in her room.Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times

"They achieved in three years a degree of assimilation that used to take three generations."

If You Didn't 'Sharent,' Did You Even Parent?

The New York Times

"By age 5, the average kid has 1,500 photos of them online." If you're oversharing photos and other data about your children online, then you too might be guilty of 'sharenting.'

Why You Might Want to Rethink Online Dating

Lan Truong

Eighty-one dates didn't bring one woman true love, but it enlarged her world. "It is to see one's vast city and one's vast self, if only for a few hours, through the eyes of a stranger one would never otherwise have met."