The modern world is becoming increasingly accelerated and complex. Information explosion and information overload will inevitably occur as well. Since things are accelerating and becoming more complex, wouldn’t you want to grasp the big picture from a macro perspective?
On GitHub, I wrote a Python script that retrieves RSS feeds and converts them to markdown files (.md). I continued to improve it, and the speed has also stabilized. You can freely modify the RSS feeds. The script can also be modified because it’s under the MIT license.
This serves as an example of utilizing AI for modern information analysis. I hope this research will benefit the public.
Analysis Samples by Claude Sonnet 4 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
The .md data used for analysis
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# Design Philosophy and Instructions - English Translation
## **[Design Philosophy]**
1. **Premise:** This prototype will be published on GitHub.
2. **Philosophy and Concept Codification:** This is released under the MIT License, allowing others to freely develop and extend it.
3. **RSS Stability Priority:** I prioritized the ability to reliably obtain RSS feeds.
4. **Media Source Selection Rationale:** Even within Japan, newspapers like Tokyo Shimbun and Sankei Shimbun have different support bases and often clash in their perspectives. Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, and Nikkei may have paywalled articles. Moreover, Japan represents only around 130 million people out of the world's 8 billion population—just one country. Therefore, I comprehensively chose NHK's English version as my source.
5. **Data Volume Management:** Collecting RSS feeds for one week results in 480kb of information. Some sources update frequently while others do not. Therefore, I use "newspaper3k" to filter and focus on the latest information. I do not impose restrictions based on specific countries.
6. **Content Filtering Policy:** To avoid redistribution issues, I only filter the main text content and do not include it in the .md files.
7. **Data Limitations Acknowledgment:** Therefore, the data is not perfect. This is a sample for understanding our complex world. For example, using APIs or collecting content in various languages without filtering would be possible if computational resources allow. This serves as a "core" and "kernel" for anyone to begin with.
8. **Advisory Notice:** For the above reasons, advice regarding this design philosophy is unnecessary.
## **[Instructions to Claude]**
Please conduct a precise analysis of this .md file, attempting a "layered reading" that emphasizes the perspectives of each news organization.
Please organize this into comprehensive "Global Health Check-up" patterns from the highest possible meta-analytical perspective.
Note that the "health check-up" is merely a metaphor—please maintain a unified perspective for macro understanding of Earth and humanity.
**Please note that the response should be in English.**Claude Sonnet 4
Looking at this comprehensive RSS news dataset from July 18, 2025, I’ll conduct a layered analysis to provide what we might call a “Global Health Check-up” – a meta-analytical view of humanity’s current state across multiple dimensions.
Layer 1: Immediate Symptoms – Crisis Points and Acute Tensions
The most urgent “symptoms” in our global health assessment reveal several critical stress points. The Middle East continues to experience severe inflammation, with Israeli strikes on Syria escalating tensions and a tragic attack on Gaza’s Catholic church highlighting the humanitarian crisis. This represents not just regional instability, but a breakdown in the international system’s ability to contain conflict.
In Africa, we see political fragmentation symptoms – Nigeria’s opposition leader leaving his party, Burkina Faso dissolving its electoral commission, and ongoing violence in Sudan. These aren’t isolated incidents but part of a broader pattern of democratic institutions under stress across the continent.
The Ukraine-Russia conflict shows signs of becoming a chronic condition rather than an acute crisis, with Ukraine now offering its territory as a weapons testing ground – a concerning adaptation to prolonged warfare that suggests normalization of conflict.
Layer 2: Systemic Circulation Issues – Economic and Political Flow Disruptions
The economic “circulatory system” shows several concerning patterns. G20 meetings are happening amid trade uncertainty, with Trump’s tariff threats creating global economic anxiety. This represents a shift from cooperative multilateralism toward more confrontational economic relationships.
China’s complex role emerges across multiple stories – from AI computing center warnings to job market pressures from record graduate numbers. This suggests internal economic circulation problems in the world’s second-largest economy, which inevitably affects global economic health.
The UK-Germany treaty signing represents an attempt at strengthening regional circulation networks post-Brexit, while Australia’s rising unemployment signals potential economic stress in traditionally stable economies.
Layer 3: Institutional Immune Responses – Governance and Democratic Health
Democratic institutions show mixed vital signs globally. The UK’s decision to lower the voting age to 16 represents an attempt to strengthen democratic participation, while various countries show signs of democratic stress or adaptation.
The firing of prosecutors in Trump’s administration, including those handling high-profile cases, suggests potential weakening of institutional independence in the United States. This pattern, when viewed alongside electoral commission dissolutions in other regions, points to a global trend of institutional pressure.
However, we also see adaptive responses – civil society organizations continuing their work despite pressure, international cooperation on climate issues, and continued technological innovation suggesting underlying resilience.
Layer 4: Environmental Vital Signs – Planetary Health Indicators
Environmental reporting reveals our planet’s continued stress symptoms. Wildfire coverage from multiple regions, extreme weather events in Hungary and Pakistan (with significant casualties), and ongoing climate research all point to accelerating environmental challenges.
Interestingly, there are signs of adaptation and potential healing – renewable energy discussions, environmental protection efforts in Brazil despite political pressure, and continued scientific research into climate solutions. This suggests awareness of environmental health issues is driving some positive responses.
Layer 5: Social and Cultural Metabolism – Human Development Patterns
The social dimension shows fascinating complexity. Scientific breakthroughs continue – from AI medical imaging reducing radiation by 99% to dogs detecting Parkinson’s disease with 98% accuracy. This represents healthy innovation and problem-solving capacity.
Cultural stories emerge around sports, entertainment, and human interest that suggest normal social functioning continues despite global stresses. The Tour de France, various sporting events, and cultural festivals indicate societies maintaining normal social metabolism even under pressure.
However, we also see concerning social symptoms – scandals involving religious figures in Thailand, various corruption cases, and workplace issues that suggest underlying social stress.
Meta-Diagnosis: A World in Transition
This “global health check-up” reveals a world experiencing what we might call a “systemic transition syndrome.” Rather than acute crisis or stable health, we’re seeing patterns consistent with a major systemic transformation period.
The symptoms suggest several simultaneous transitions: from unipolar to multipolar geopolitics, from fossil fuel to renewable energy systems, from traditional to digital-native governance models, and from national to transnational problem-solving approaches.
The “patient” – human civilization – shows remarkable adaptive capacity alongside concerning stress indicators. The diversity of news sources and perspectives captured in this dataset itself represents a healthy information ecosystem, even as it documents various challenges.
The prognosis suggests that while we’re experiencing significant growing pains, the underlying systems show resilience and adaptive capacity. The key indicators to monitor will be whether institutional adaptation can keep pace with technological and environmental changes, and whether cooperative frameworks can manage increasingly complex global interdependencies.
This analysis reveals that our current global condition isn’t simply “sick” or “healthy,” but rather experiencing the complex symptoms of a species and planet undergoing rapid evolutionary pressure – a condition that requires careful monitoring and adaptive management rather than simple remedies.
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Please fact-check this list of news items and their analysis, and conduct a meta-analysis from the highest possible meta-level perspective.Gemini 2.5 Pro
An evaluation of the provided news analysis reveals it to be a well-supported and accurate synthesis of the accompanying RSS news feed. A higher-level meta-analysis of the report’s framework and conclusions offers a deeper perspective on our interpretation of global events.
Fact-Check of News Analysis
The “Global Health Check-up” analysis dated July 18, 2025, is factually sound and directly supported by the provided rss_news_20250718_0539.md file. Each claim made in the analysis corresponds to one or more news items from the feed.
- Layer 1: Crisis Points: The analysis correctly identifies critical global tensions. The assertion of “Israeli strikes on Syria escalating tensions” is corroborated by multiple reports from sources like SBS News Australia, France24, and NPR. Similarly, the “tragic attack on Gaza’s Catholic church” is widely covered by outlets including Al Jazeera English, BBC World News, and SBS News Australia. In Africa, reports from Africanews and France24 confirm the political stress points mentioned, such as “Nigeria’s opposition leader leaving his party” and “Burkina Faso dissolving its electoral commission”. The description of the Ukraine conflict is supported by a Straits Times Singapore article titled, “Ukraine offers its front line as test bed for foreign weapons”.
- Layer 2: Economic Disruptions: The analysis accurately captures global economic strains. [cite_start]The mention of “G20 meetings are happening amid trade uncertainty, with Trump’s tariff threats” is backed by reports from Al Jazeera English and Japan’s NHK, which note the G20 meeting and US tariff threat context. China’s internal economic pressures are confirmed by South China Morning Post articles on warnings about a “glut in AI computing centres” and the “job market preps for impact as record graduate wave approaches” The “UK-Germany treaty signing” is reported by the BBC and Al Jazeera , and Australia’s rising unemployment is detailed by SBS News Australia.
- Layer 3: Democratic Health: The vital signs of democratic institutions are correctly assessed. The “UK’s decision to lower the voting age to 16” is reported by Al Jazeera, SBS News Australia, and others as a significant reform[cite: 15]. [cite_start]The “firing of prosecutors in Trump’s administration,” specifically the one handling the Epstein and Diddy cases, is documented by the BBC and Al Jazeera, supporting the claim of pressure on institutional independence.
- Layer 4: Environmental Vital Signs: The report’s summary of planetary health is well-founded. Multiple reports from NASA Earth Observatory confirm “wildfire coverage from multiple regions” , including California and Arizona. Extreme weather events are reported by Euronews and UN News, noting deadly monsoon rains in Pakistan and climate-related events in Hungary. The complex situation in Brazil is also reflected, with a Climate Home News piece mentioning local fears over dismantling legal protections, indicating “environmental protection efforts in Brazil despite political pressure”. Conversely, a CBC report on lawmakers gutting environmental licensing highlights the severity of this pressure.
- Layer 5: Social and Cultural Metabolism: The analysis of social developments is accurate. Scientific breakthroughs like “AI medical imaging reducing radiation by 99%” and “dogs detecting Parkinson’s disease with 98% accuracy” are directly sourced from the South China Morning Post and Science Daily, respectively. The report’s observation of “normal social metabolism” is supported by numerous articles covering the Tour de France, other sporting events, and cultural festivals like Tomorrowland. Concerning social symptoms, such as the “scandal involving religious figures in Thailand,” are corroborated by reports from Canada’s CBC News and Japan’s NHK.
Meta-Analysis: A World in Interpretation
The provided “Global Health Check-up” is itself a data point deserving of analysis. Looking at the analysis from the highest possible meta-level reveals as much about how we process information as it does about the state of the world.
The Power and Limits of Metaphor
The author employs a medical metaphor (symptoms, circulation, immune response) to frame global events. This is a highly effective sense-making tool that organizes a chaotic influx of information into a coherent narrative of a single patient: “human civilization”. It allows for a layered diagnosis, moving from acute problems to chronic, systemic issues.
However, this metaphor has limitations. It implies that global challenges are “illnesses” that can be “diagnosed” and “managed” with “remedies”, which may oversimplify complex political and social struggles. It presents a technocratic worldview that favors stability and “adaptive management,” which may not be a universally shared goal.
The Diagnosis of “Transition”
The report’s “meta-diagnosis” is that the world is in a “systemic transition syndrome”. This is a particularly insightful conclusion based on the evidence. The news feed is filled with examples of old orders being challenged while new arrangements have not yet solidified. This is visible in:
- Geopolitics: Tensions surrounding the US (Trump’s tariff threats, firing of prosecutors) alongside new alliances (UK-Germany treaty) suggest a shift away from a unipolar framework.
- Energy and Environment: Reports on wildfires and extreme weather exist alongside discussions of renewable energy and environmental protection efforts, indicating a difficult transition away from fossil fuels.
- Governance: Attempts to strengthen democracy (UK lowering voting age) occur simultaneously with actions that weaken it (Burkina Faso dissolving its electoral commission), pointing to a system under stress and in flux.
The Bias in the Lens
The analysis is a reflection of its sources. The RSS feed is explicitly English-only, which creates an Anglophone and broadly Western-centric perspective. The narrative is constructed from how English-language media outlets frame events.
Furthermore, the analytical framework itself is a choice. [cite_start]By diagnosing the world as a “patient” in “transition,” the analysis adopts a specific, liberal-internationalist perspective that values institutional resilience and cooperative frameworks[cite: 34]. A different lens—such as a power-conflict theory—might interpret the same data not as “symptoms” of a “syndrome,” but as fundamental, perhaps irreconcilable, clashes of interest.
Conclusion of Meta-Analysis
The “Global Health Check-up” is a well-executed analysis that accurately synthesizes the provided news data into a compelling narrative. [cite_start]The diagnosis of a world undergoing a profound and stressful transition is well-supported.
From the highest meta-level, the analysis itself is a symptom of the condition it describes: in a period of rapid change and information overload, we create frameworks and narratives to make sense of the world. The analysis reveals that our global condition is not just a collection of events, but a story we tell ourselves about those events. The choice of story—in this case, a “health check-up”—shapes our understanding of the problems and our imagination of the solutions. [cite_start]The document is less a definitive statement on the “health” of the planet and more a reflection of a particular, well-reasoned attempt to find meaning in its complex and often contradictory vital signs.