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How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of Ai and Political Conflict

by Nick Clegg

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"Clegg definitely leans onto the positive aspects of social media, and defends an open internet. That said, some of his arguments fall apart, particularly where he argues that social media helps teenagers. Not wrong, but considering Meta had to pay a settlement recently for how its services impact children...yeah. He really values progress in communications, which makes me wonder what we'll see in the Ai chapter." — Sep 05, 2026 12:37PM

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“Yes, I understood, God’s truth, that on the battlefield they wanted only fleeting madness. Madmen of rage, madmen of pain, furious madmen, but temporary ones. No continuous madmen. As soon as the fighting ends, we’re to file away our rage, our pain, and our fury. Pain is tolerated, we can bring our pain home on the condition that we keep it to ourselves.”
― David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

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“...I had been inhuman by obeying duty's voice. But I was now free to listen no longer, to no longer obey the voices that command us not to be human when we must.”
― David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

tags: conscience

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“This is where you belong. This is where you were meant to bloom. Don't roll your eyes, Galaxy. Not every flower belongs in every garden.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

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“We never abandon those who gave us life.”
― David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

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“To have and to hold, where even death cannot part us,’ Juliette whispered.
‘In this life and the next,’ Roma returned, ‘for however long our souls remain, mine will always find yours.”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

tags: juliette-cai, love, roma-montagov

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