The World’s Most Dangerous Contradiction Tonight, somewhere in the United States, a man lies in a hospital bed. Doctors surround him. Machines breathe for him. Nurses monitor every heartbeat, ready to leap if a single blip signals danger. There’s no limit to the technology we’ll deploy...

Abdul Qadir Drammeh stands at the front of his classroom, chalk in hand, guiding a group of eager children through the Arabic alphabet. The classroom is quiet—not just because the students are attentive, but because, for many, silence is a fact of life. Abdul...