American Consequences - August 2019

From smartphones to smart homes, the last decade alone has been an explosion of innovation and technology... But is it really for the better? Do we really need an app for everything? This month we're addressing those questions and more...


Cover
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Contents
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Inside This Issue By Steven Longenecker
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Letter From the Editor By P.J. O'Rourke
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A Brief History of How Communication Devolved By P.J. O'Rourke
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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From Our Inbox
14

How Twitter Destroyed Politics By Andrew Ferguson
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Amazon's Collaboration With the Deep State By Dan Denning
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Is Facebook Today’s Compuserve? By Marc-David L. Seidel
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Artificial Intelligence: Finding the Impossible By Christian Olsen
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Horn Growing Grandkids? By Dr. David Eifrig
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Digital Natives May Have Destroyed Drinking By Alice Llyod
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Smarty Pants and Other Smart Devices By P.J. O'Rourke
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America Rides Again By John Podhoretz
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You Can Leave Home Without It By Chris Igou
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The Crypto Dark Age By Eric Wade
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The U.S. Economy’s Strange Decade By Larry Hatheway
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Will Facebook's Libra Turn Into a Cancer By Andres Velasco and Roberto Chang
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Read This Compiled By P.J. O’Rourke and Laura Greaver
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The Final Word By Buck Sexton
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Featured Contributors
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1

Cover
1

Contents
3

Inside This Issue By Steven Longenecker
4

Letter From the Editor By P.J. O'Rourke
6

A Brief History of How Communication Devolved By P.J. O'Rourke
10

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
12

From Our Inbox
14

How Twitter Destroyed Politics By Andrew Ferguson
18

Amazon's Collaboration With the Deep State By Dan Denning
24

Is Facebook Today’s Compuserve? By Marc-David L. Seidel
28

Artificial Intelligence: Finding the Impossible By Christian Olsen
34

Horn Growing Grandkids? By Dr. David Eifrig
40

Digital Natives May Have Destroyed Drinking By Alice Llyod
44

Smarty Pants and Other Smart Devices By P.J. O'Rourke
50

America Rides Again By John Podhoretz
54

You Can Leave Home Without It By Chris Igou
60

The Crypto Dark Age By Eric Wade
64

The U.S. Economy’s Strange Decade By Larry Hatheway
70

Will Facebook's Libra Turn Into a Cancer By Andres Velasco and Roberto Chang
73

Read This Compiled By P.J. O’Rourke and Laura Greaver
76

The Final Word By Buck Sexton
78

Featured Contributors
84

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