So many topics important to people here are becoming politicized. I wonder how we can avoid it?

Do we regulate powerful ai models?

Is science under threat? (Through defunding, politicization of specific areas of study etc)

Do we build more data centers?

Does a war in the Middle East constrain supply chain and double the price of some commodities we all care about? (For that matter is building data centers doubling the cost of some other things we all care about)

These are some things with political ramifications. We care about them and the news is relevant to us.

But if the political news is getting to you, I do empathize. I’ve had to go on total news blackouts a few times and have severely moderated my behavior in response.