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Follow Ideas ## Ideas *  Courtesy of Diana Miller. ## [9/11 and the Substitute Mother](https://time.com/article/2026/09/10/9-11-and-the-substitute-mother/) by Diana Miller *  Annabelle Gordon—CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images ## [Trump’s Attacks on the Environment Are Out of Touch With America](https://time.com/article/2026/09/10/trump-s-attacks-on-the-environment-are-out-of-touch-with-america/) by Benji Backer *  BlackJack3D—Getty Images ## [AI Is at a Turning Point](https://time.com/article/2026/09/09/ai-is-at-a-turning-point/) by Yoshua Bengio  Courtesy of Diana Miller. ## [9/11 and the Substitute Mother](https://time.com/article/2026/09/10/9-11-and-the-substitute-mother/) by Diana Miller  BlackJack3D—Getty Images ## [AI Is at a Turning Point](https://time.com/article/2026/09/09/ai-is-at-a-turning-point/) by Yoshua Bengio  Annabelle Gordon—CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images ## [Trump’s Attacks on the Environment Are Out of Touch With America](https://time.com/article/2026/09/10/trump-s-attacks-on-the-environment-are-out-of-touch-with-america/) by Benji Backer *  [Culture](/tag/culture/) ## [Dating Apps Are Dying](https://time.com/article/2026/09/09/dating-apps-are-dying/) by Meehika Barua [Culture](/tag/culture/) *  [World](/tag/time-section-world/) ## [The Promise of the Kurdish Peace](https://time.com/article/2026/09/08/the-promise-of-the-kurdish-peace/) by Galip Dalay [World](/tag/time-section-world/) *  [Culture](/tag/culture/) ## [Dating Apps Are Dying](https://time.com/article/2026/09/09/dating-apps-are-dying/) by Meehika Barua [Culture](/tag/culture/) *  [World](/tag/time-section-world/) ## [The Promise of the Kurdish Peace](https://time.com/article/2026/09/08/the-promise-of-the-kurdish-peace/) by Galip Dalay [World](/tag/time-section-world/) *  [politics](/tag/politics/) ## [We Must Defend the Refugee Convention](https://time.com/article/2026/09/08/we-must-defend-the-refugee-convention/) by Theo James [politics](/tag/politics/) *  [AI](/tag/ai/) ## [The Leaders AI Innovation Needs](https://time.com/article/2026/09/08/the-leaders-ai-innovation-needs/) by Linda A. 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