Part VII

Arenas

China has been trying to crack down on the Internet. Good luck! . . . A GENOCIDE INCITED ON FACEBOOK . . . The genie of freedom will not go back into the bottle . . . IS CHINA OUTSMARTING AMERICA IN A.I.? . . . We have to wake up to the fiery urgency of the now . . . CONGRESS MAD AT GOOGLE FOR DROPPING PROJECT MAVEN, KEEPING HUAWEI . . . the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it . . . AS PUTIN TOUTS HYPERSONIC WEAPONS, AMERICA PREPARES ITS OWN ARSENAL . . . China’s dominance of 5G networks puts U.S. economic future at stake . . . CHINA PLANS MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT TO KNOCK US FROM TOP SPOT IN FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER . . . The Islamic Republic of Iran and China are standing in a united front . . . SPACE FORCE OR SPACE CORPS? . . . Transform knowledge of ourselves, our planet, our solar system, our universe . . . We are almost as dependent on satellites as we are on the sun itself . . . TENCENT’S STARTUP INVESTMENT FRENZY NOW REACHES OUTER SPACE . . . There’s one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent threat of a changing climate . . . TRUMP SERVES NOTICE TO QUIT PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT . . . We are the first generation to be able to end poverty, and the last generation that can take steps to avoid the worst impacts of climate change . . . AT U.N. CLIMATE SUMMIT, FEW COMMITMENTS AND U.S. SILENCE . . . India’s air pollution rivals China’s as the world’s deadliest . . . THE ARCTIC IS “NOT UP FOR GRABS,” SAYS NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR . . . The United States is losing Latin America to China . . .“IT JUST ISN’T WORKING”: PISA TEST SCORES CAST DOUBT ON U.S. EDUCATION EFFORTS . . .