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  • Independence and Catastrophe: The Long Fuse 1949 – 1967

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    A.M. Ber

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    The third installment of a series on the history of Israel and Palestine. This part covers the tense, violent interlude between the war that created…

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  • What Happens When We Don’t Need Everyone to Work?

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    A.M. Ber

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    For most of human history, producing the things people needed required an enormous amount of human labor. Growing food, making clothing, building houses, moving goods,…

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  • The Future Is Not Inevitable. Who Decides What Comes Next?

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    A.M. Ber

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    We talk about the future as if it is a place we are all traveling toward together. Artificial intelligence will transform work. Automation will eliminate…

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  • Paolo Zampolli: From Model Agent to Presidential Envoy

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    A.M. Ber

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    Paolo Zampolli has one of those biographies that sounds as if several different people’s résumés were accidentally combined. He has been a modeling agent, New…

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  • Independence and Catastrophe: 1948

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    A.M. Ber

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    The war began before Israel existed. Within days of the United Nations vote to partition Palestine in November 1947, fighting broke out between the Jewish…

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  • What Happened to the Anti-Imperialists? Part One: America Once Had an Anti-Imperialist Movement

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    A.M. Ber

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    There was a time when Americans openly argued about whether their country was becoming an empire. They did not always hide the argument behind phrases…

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  • Why Is Everyone Suddenly Building Data Centers?

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    A.M. Ber

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    If it seems like everyone suddenly wants to build a data center, you are not imagining it. Across the United States, enormous data center projects…

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  • Independence and Catastrophe: Before the Conflict

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    A.M. Ber

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    If you come to the history of Israel and Palestine looking for the villain in the Jewish people or the Palestinian people, you are going…

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  • Civilization Is a Group Project

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    A.M. Ber

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    We love the story of the lone genius. Someone sits in a workshop, laboratory, garage, dorm room, or office and sees something nobody else sees.…

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  • The Nice Guy Who Isn’t: How to Spot a BBMB Before You’re in Too Deep

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    A.M. Ber

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    You didn’t see it coming. That’s the thing nobody tells you about dating a B!tch Boy Man Baby. You think you’ll be able to spot…

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  • Discuss Hard Truths Without Losing Your Humanity

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    A.M. Ber

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    There’s a moment every truth-teller faces, right before they open their mouth, when they ask themselves, “Is this worth it?” Worth the arguments. Worth the…

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  • Breaking the Silence: Faith, Patriarchy, and the Fight Against Domestic Abuse

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    A.M. Ber

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    Lilly remembers the moment she finally admitted what was happening behind the closed doors of her home. Sitting in her pastor’s office, hands trembling, she…

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  • Your Role in Resisting Tyranny

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    A.M. Ber

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    Most people believe tyranny arrives suddenly, carried in by marching boots, clenched fists, and violent takeovers. History tells a different story. Tyranny almost always arrives…

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  • A.M. Ber’s Story: I Didn’t Plan to Be an Author

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    A.M. Ber

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    I didn’t plan to be an author. What I planned, or rather, what I was taught to plan, was to be quiet. Being quiet is…

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