The conventional wisdom is that politicians focus on the short term at the expense of the long term — that they’re obsessed with the latest polling and the next election instead of the future of the country and the next generation. That may be true, but still: President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats could use a healthy dose of short-term ...

What do Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk have in common? Both are grappling with big problems that stem, at least in part, from putting faith in artificial intelligence (AI) systems that have underdelivered. Zuckerberg is dealing with algorithms that are failing to stop the spread of harmful content; Musk with software that has yet to ...

California just gave single-family homeowners more control over their property and, for those in high-demand cities, the potential for a big financial windfall. Eight time zones away in the UK, the Conservative government is revising its planning bill in ways that could give homeowners a similar boon. The details and contexts differ, but both approaches recognise a political reality. The ...