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When it comes to AI, hard questions about personal agency need to be asked
The less that we think about how AI shapes our personal and interpersonal lives, the greater the chance that we will become dependent on its many wonders…
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FROM THE LOOKOUT EDITORIAL BOARD
Editorials reflect the Lookout Eugene-Springfield editorial board’s position on issues affecting Lane County and Oregon residents. The board operates independently of the newsroom.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Elon Glucklich, Community Voices/Opinion Editor
Elon Glucklich is a lifelong Oregonian, with more than a decade of experience at news organizations around the state. As Lookout’s Community Voices/Opinion Editor, he envisions an opinion section that serves as Lane County’s town square. Learn more about Elon here.
Before Eugene opens the e-bike floodgates, it must consider the safety of walkers
Any PeaceHealth Rides expansion should include enforceable speed controls, clear identification of each vehicle and a system for suspending users who endanger others.
Are Springfield councilors willing to work for desperately needed behavioral health campus?
We cannot continue lamenting the intersection of mental illness, homelessness and the criminal legal system while rejecting the infrastructure that could change it. Springfield found a path through its land-use rules…
Cal Young was Oregon’s first football coach — and a champion of local history
Cal Young was, among many other things, the University of Oregon’s first football coach, founder of the Lane County History Museum and creator of the Oakway Golf Course.
Housing, addiction, politics and the touchy subject of homelessness
Accountability means little if we blame the wrong people for the wrong results. Monique DeSpain has made the case for judging Oregon’s homelessness system by results. But the burden is hers…
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