The Tea with Myriam Francois
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The AI Bubble Is Bigger And More Dangerous Than You Think (opens the original)
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https://www.theteanetwork.co Is the AI apocalypse real or is Silicon Valley selling us a story? We're told AI could destroy jobs, outsmart humanity and even turn against us. At the same time, it's cracking 50-year-old scientific problems and pushing new drugs into human trials. So are we living through a genuine technological revolution that could transform humanity or is apocalyptic rhetoric fueling one of the biggest bubbles in tech history? This week on The Tea, we're joined by bestselling au
Radical Love in a Time of Genocide, Empire, and Despair (opens the original)
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https://www.theteanetwork.co “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” You’ve probably seen those words plastered across a thousand sunset photos. What you certainly haven’t seen is the Islamic world that gave birth to them. Rumi is the best-selling poet in America. Yet the Rumi embraced by the West is a very different figure from the Muslim mystic who wrote the poetry a Rumi detached from Islam and the Quran, stripped of the faith that shaped his work. https://www.theteanetwork.co Th
The Hidden Empire Profiting From War, Poverty and Global Crisis (opens the original)
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https://www.theteanetwork.co Who really rules the world? For decades, the global order had a clear centre. After the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world’s sole superpower while liberal democracy was proclaimed history's final destination. That story is now dead. As Western power cracks and the global economy reels from the fallout of the Iran war, the real winners are hiding in plain sight — mega-corporations more powerful than the states that host them. They profit from war no matt
The Real Story Behind The US-China Tech Rivalry (opens the original)
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https://www.theteanetwork.co For decades, China was presented as the authoritarian rival to the West: censored, controlled and fundamentally opposed to liberal democracy. But that story is now more complicated. As trust in US leadership declines, China's technology and culture are gaining influence worldwide. Is China challenging the West — or quietly shaping its future? This week on The Tea, we're joined by journalist and bestselling author Yi-Ling Liu, founding China editor of Rest of World. I
How Trump’s Iran War Is Bringing Down the American Empire (opens the original)
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https://www.theteanetwork.co Six months into the catastrophic US-Israeli war on Iran, Washington's stockpiles are severely depleted, oil and food prices are spiralling globally, and the Middle East is being rapidly reconfigured. Trump promised a quick victory, but the conflict has plunged the world into economic chaos—while war profiteers and elites on both sides cash in. This week on The Tea, we’re joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, former New York Times war correspondent, and bestsel
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