Sometimes a writer publishes a piece that particularly resonates with their readers, drawing more likes than anything else they've published recently. These are those essays by writers in the Proof of Thought network.

• The Fight for the House, the Future of MAGA, and What Comes NextKatie Couric · 30 OctA recording from Katie Couric's live video›
• It’s Time to Take Starlink Away from Elon MuskPaul Krugman · 22 Oct · diamond in 1 dayAmericans did not give him the right to make national security policy›
• The end of the Trump rallyAaron Rupar · 22 Oct · diamond in 2 daysThe defining political event of this era is going out with a whimper.›
• Control Yourself! William Irvine · 20 Oct · diamond in 9 daysThinking about: Your life›
• Trump is in Office to Solve Putin’s ProblemsRuth Ben-Ghiat · 19 Oct · diamond in 3 daysA note on the “headlines” about Trump assisting Putin›
• The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of CorruptionPaul Krugman · 5 Oct · diamond in 7 daysAnd fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda›
• Unreasonable PeopleWilliam Irvine · 30 Sept · diamond in 11 daysThinking about: Other people›
• Liability, Liability, LiabilityLuiza Jarovsky, PhD · 28 SeptThose who say that AI is ungovernable or that no existing tool or mechanism could reduce the rising number of AI safety incidents are lying | Edition #327›
• Has Trump Gone Full Authoritarian? With Ruth Ben GhiatRuth Ben-Ghiat · 26 SeptCorruption and lawlessness go into overdrive; Trump’s adulation of a Communist dictator›
• “I think the answer is we have to shut the labs down” - Jensen HuangGary Marcus · 24 SeptOpenAI hacks a foreign government — and the US faces its most critical AI test yet.›
• It’s “Underwear on the Outside” TimePaul Krugman · 23 SeptTrump’s continuing downward spiral into sundowning›
• Look At These Cows On The Victoria’s Secret RunwayJessica DeFino · 28 Oct · diamond in 1 dayAlso: salmon, the deceased, anglerfish...›
• The Dark Triad: Trump, Musk, PutinCarole Cadwalladr · 26 Oct · diamond in 6 daysOr why now’s the time to buy a wind-up radio›
• The Nobel Prize: The Science That Lets Us Control Brain Cells With LightPuck Reeders · 13 Oct · diamond in 6 daysHuge congrats to Doctors Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel›
• A human environmentalismBill McKibben · 7 Oct · diamond in 4 daysSlightly weird edition with some thoughts on the AI moment›
• Model Behavior: George SaundersGeorge Saunders · 2 Oct“Of course, if AI can cure cancer, bravo. I’m all for it. But even with cancer cured, death will still arrive somehow.”›

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