"A shooter killed two students during finals week at Brown University and an MIT professor before taking his own life. The next day, a gunman opened fire and killed 15 people and injured several during a Hanukkah gathering in Bondi Beach in Australia. Two weeks later, neither of these events remains in the news. The Justice Department issued a warning against 764 - an underground online organization that lures kids into acts of self-harm and sextortion."
"The Justice Department issued a warning against 764 - an underground online organization that lures kids into acts of self-harm and sextortion while women around the world rejoiced watching "toxic masculinity" influencers Andrew Tate and Jake Paul get defeated in a livestream boxing match. Tate and Paul made millions of dollars from the fight, revealing once again that our ideas of masculinity, misogyny and entertainment are weirdly intertwined."
2025 experienced intense technological, political, economic, and social turmoil, including mass shootings, online predatory networks, and public spectacles of toxic masculinity. Multiple fatal shootings occurred within weeks, yet attention quickly shifted away. Law enforcement warned of underground online groups luring children into self-harm and sextortion while personalities profited from high-profile entertainment events. Real-world AI deployments encountered failures, exemplified by a city-wide blackout that halted autonomous vehicles. A major pedophilia scandal implicated powerful figures, highlighting the need for accountability. The year prompted reflection on whether pursuing ‘superhuman’ AI should remain the primary societal goal and urged a philosophical reframing for 2026.
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