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The U.S. military fires missiles worth more than $1 million to shoot down drones that cost Iran $20-50 thousand to mass produce.

That math favors Iran.

But it’s not easy to get the massive US military to be nimble – and there are powerful forces that work to keep costs high for new weapons systems that are usually years in the making.

https://theconversation.com/why-the-us-military-is-stuck-using-1-million-missiles-against-irans-20-000-drones-281089

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Genetic testing is now required to participate in women’s events in the Olympics.

But the new policy oversimplifies biological sex and risks unwitting discrimination against intersex women who were assigned female at birth, according to the author of an upcoming book, “The Binary Delusion: How Biology Defies the Myth of Two Sexes.”

https://theconversation.com/sex-test-used-in-iocs-new-transgender-ban-more-likely-to-exclude-from-olympics-intersex-women-who-were-assigned-female-at-birth-279489

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In the 1960s, the U.S. government seriously considered using nuclear bombs to carve a new sea-level canal through Panama.

The plan would have required evacuating 30,000 people and detonating the equivalent of 166 million tons of TNT 🧨

https://theconversation.com/bypass-the-strait-of-hormuz-with-nuclear-explosives-the-us-studied-that-in-panama-and-colombia-in-the-1960s-278851

https://theconversation.com/bypass-the-strait-of-hormuz-with-nuclear-explosives-the-us-studied-that-in-panama-and-colombia-in-the-1960s-278851
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AI can speak non-English languages fluently, but it still thinks in a Western worldview.

For instance, it will prioritize individual autonomy, direct communication and personal boundaries, even in cultures where harmony, community and relational awareness matter more.

More from a scholar of Indonesian society:

https://theconversation.com/ais-fluency-in-other-languages-hides-a-western-worldview-that-can-mislead-users-a-scholar-of-indonesian-society-explains-276865