Future Perfect
Finding the best ways to do good.
![Artificial intelligence isn’t a good argument for basic income](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-640351099.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.8601292284303%2C100%2C94.279741543139&w=2400)
A major study backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman shows unconditional cash has benefits that have nothing to do with AI.
![Artificial intelligence isn’t a good argument for basic income](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-640351099.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.8601292284303%2C100%2C94.279741543139&w=2400)
A major study backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman shows unconditional cash has benefits that have nothing to do with AI.
![How should we sell psychedelics?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1602502268.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![How should we sell psychedelics?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1602502268.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A new report outlines policy options for who gets to sell psychedelics, and who gets to buy them.
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We are always searching for new and innovative ways to fund the work we do and ensure the health of Future Perfect for years to come.
The latest in Future Perfect
![The billionaire tax proposal that’s driving Silicon Valley to support Trump](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-495485990.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.983333333333%2C0%2C70.033333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![The billionaire tax proposal that’s driving Silicon Valley to support Trump](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-495485990.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.4036173250833%2C100%2C95.192765349833&w=2400)
No, it isn’t a devious Democratic plan to destroy startups.
![The bird flu doom loop](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1459636363.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The bird flu doom loop](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1459636363.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
![It shouldn’t be so hard to live near your friends](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25428681/Vox_Friends_Final.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Americans are more socially isolated than ever. Here’s how we can reconnect.
![Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1243034502.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.948157669237%2C0%2C62.103684661525%2C100&w=2400)
![Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1243034502.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=3.422236503856%2C0%2C93.155526992288%2C100&w=2400)
You have the right to opt out of facial recognition tech. Here’s how.
![Inside the fight over California’s new AI bill](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1322391289.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Inside the fight over California’s new AI bill](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1322391289.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
California legislator Scott Wiener on why the home of the AI industry is the right place to regulate it.
![Why do we have grass lawns?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/VDC_XCL_028_lawns_cleanThumb.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
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Lawns aren’t natural, so why do so many Americans have one?
![Free medical school won’t solve the doctor shortage](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-608564332_c559a6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C8.25%2C100%2C83.5&w=2400)
![Free medical school won’t solve the doctor shortage](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-608564332_c559a6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C22.166666666667%2C100%2C55.666666666667&w=2400)
Too many Americans can’t find a doctor. Michael Bloomberg is donating $1 billion to Johns Hopkins to try to change that.
![The hidden cost of your Prime Day purchases](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161655360_8eff5d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![The hidden cost of your Prime Day purchases](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161655360_8eff5d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
For Amazon workers, the bevy of sales reinforces the human toll of “same-day delivery, lifetime of injury.”
![It’s time to stop arguing over the population slowdown and start adapting to it](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1244569589.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![It’s time to stop arguing over the population slowdown and start adapting to it](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1244569589.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The world population could peak in your lifetime.
![What a big experiment giving money to parents reveals](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-109352263.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.433333333333%2C0%2C67.133333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![What a big experiment giving money to parents reveals](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-109352263.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.3475670307845%2C100%2C99.304865938431&w=2400)
Giving people cash makes them less poor. It doesn’t fix everything.
![How computers made poker a game for nerds](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Poker_LorenaSpurio_Vox.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=47.21640625%2C8.0493445210082%2C50.417447916667%2C75.627353552399&w=2400)
Algorithms changed the classic card game for good — but is it for the better?
![Are betting markets the best way to predict an election?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2158941391.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.651291512915%2C0%2C66.69741697417%2C100&w=2400)
![Are betting markets the best way to predict an election?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2158941391.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.023052097740894%2C100%2C99.953895804518&w=2400)
Prediction markets have closely tracked Biden’s fate, but they have a long way to go as reliable indicators.
![How public universities hooked America on meat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/JoeGough_Vox_LandGrant_Final.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.767447916667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
University scientists helped build factory farming. Now, some want to protect its “social license to operate.”
![Are we actually in the middle of a generosity crisis?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1265277021.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C16.533203125%2C100%2C66.93359375&w=2400)
![Are we actually in the middle of a generosity crisis?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1265277021.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C27.688802083333%2C100%2C44.622395833333&w=2400)
Charitable giving in the US is down. But generosity goes beyond dollars.
![The death of the summer job is a good thing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Summer_Job.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Teen jobs aren’t what they used to be. They’re worse.
![The case against summer](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Worst_Season_V2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Your summer won’t be as good as you think it will be. It never is.
![The most crucial part of next year’s federal budget](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1231531131.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.852601156069%2C0%2C68.294797687861%2C100&w=2400)
![The most crucial part of next year’s federal budget](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1231531131.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.1919875864015%2C100%2C97.616024827197&w=2400)
The fight to fund Gavi, the international vaccine fund, explained.
![The little-known but successful model for protecting human and labor rights](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-109507867.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.283333333333%2C0%2C69.433333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![The little-known but successful model for protecting human and labor rights](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-109507867.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.9923187710034%2C100%2C96.015362457993&w=2400)
How a worker-driven initiative is filling in the gaps left behind by corporate social responsibility programs.
![The world’s emotional status is actually pretty good, a new global report finds](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1531398464.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.649899396378%2C0%2C66.700201207243%2C100&w=2400)
![The world’s emotional status is actually pretty good, a new global report finds](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1531398464.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.025138260432378%2C100%2C99.949723479135&w=2400)
But which country comes first in happiness completely changes depending on how you measure.
![If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1412316420.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.646622569653%2C0%2C66.706754860694%2C100&w=2400)
![If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1412316420.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.03004807692308%2C100%2C99.939903846154&w=2400)
The US doesn‘t have federal heat protections. A standard would save lives. As a heat dome suffocates much of the East, it‘s becoming more apparent that we need better standards in the face of climate change.
![America’s international public health plan is too focused on Americans](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1433271120.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.649803971165%2C0%2C66.70039205767%2C100&w=2400)
![America’s international public health plan is too focused on Americans](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1433271120.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.025281253950197%2C100%2C99.9494374921&w=2400)
I spent years in Africa as an epidemiologist. Here’s what I saw.
![Two ways to go wrong in predicting AI](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2152425644.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.39673550966%2C0%2C65.20652898068%2C100&w=2400)
![Two ways to go wrong in predicting AI](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2152425644.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.0951032644903%2C0%2C97.809793471019%2C100&w=2400)
Why exponential growth can lead us to underestimate some technologies and overestimate others.
![The most important Biden Cabinet member you don’t know](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2152935501.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669982096678%2C0%2C66.660035806644%2C100&w=2400)
![The most important Biden Cabinet member you don’t know](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2152935501.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0049731450169119%2C0%2C99.990053709966%2C100&w=2400)
Vox’s Dylan Matthews sits down with US trade representative Katherine Tai
![What if quitting your terrible job would help the economy?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1400366871.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What if quitting your terrible job would help the economy?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1400366871.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Should people who quit get unemployment benefits?
![The best plan to help refugees might also be the simplest](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_5773.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.694444444444%2C0%2C66.611111111111%2C100&w=2400)
More refugees live in cities. Could cash help them rebuild their lives?
![What nuclear annihilation could look like](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1393775179.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What nuclear annihilation could look like](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1393775179.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
“The survivors would envy the dead.”
![Can we be actually normal about birth rates?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1754946422.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.732804232804%2C0%2C66.534391534392%2C100&w=2400)
![Can we be actually normal about birth rates?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1754946422.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.099206349206355%2C0%2C99.801587301587%2C100&w=2400)
Declining birth rates do matter, but we need to approach them thoughtfully.
![Why Americans hate inflation — and its cure](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-83173592.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.525896414343%2C0%2C62.948207171315%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Americans hate inflation — and its cure](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-83173592.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=2.7888446215139%2C0%2C94.422310756972%2C100&w=2400)
Other countries have social safety nets. The US has debt.
![Drug-resistant bacteria are killing more and more humans. We need new weapons.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/OhniLisle_Vox_Microbes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Drug-resistant bacteria are killing more and more humans. We need new weapons.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/OhniLisle_Vox_Microbes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Scientists are testing futuristic tools to dismantle antibiotic resistance.
![The biggest unknown in psychedelic therapy is not the psychedelics](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/mdma-2-GettyImages-129369291-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![The biggest unknown in psychedelic therapy is not the psychedelics](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/mdma-2-GettyImages-129369291-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5555555555556%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
Why critics call the company pushing to legalize MDMA a “therapy cult.”
![Yes in God’s backyard? This housing solution may be the answer to your prayers.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/22-0616_Packages-Renders-Plan-Page-004-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=5.5830039525692%2C0%2C88.833992094862%2C100&w=2400)
![Yes in God’s backyard? This housing solution may be the answer to your prayers.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/22-0616_Packages-Renders-Plan-Page-004-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C12.476826103077%2C100%2C75.046347793845&w=2400)
Churches, mosques, and temples could change the game on affordable housing.
![Do we have Alzheimer’s disease all wrong?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-512298231.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Do we have Alzheimer’s disease all wrong?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-512298231.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Retracted studies and new treatments reveal the confusing state of Alzheimer’s research.
![Will AI ever become conscious? It depends on how you think about biology.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/VOX-AI_Consciousness-Final-copy.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
The debate that will steer the future of consciousness — and us.
![The AI bill that has Big Tech panicked](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1498441871.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.918250110473%2C0%2C60.163499779054%2C100&w=2400)
![The AI bill that has Big Tech panicked](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1498441871.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=4.8773751657092%2C0%2C90.245249668582%2C100&w=2400)
Why some tech leaders are so worried about a California AI safety bill.
![The federal government’s new plan to (maybe) give renters straight cash](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1537696713.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The federal government’s new plan to (maybe) give renters straight cash](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1537696713.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A bold experiment to help tenants is advancing.
![We’re in a new era of conflict and crisis. Can humanitarian aid keep up?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2149302614_04f939.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.648268248931%2C0%2C66.703463502139%2C100&w=2400)
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“Utter neglect of displaced people has become the new normal.”
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