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The World's Worst Bet: How America Gambled Dumbly on Globalization and Lost
Dumb globalization: America’s worst bet. That, at least, is the view of the Washington Post financial writer David J Lynch and author of The World’s …
1 year, 1 month ago
Demystify Science and Humanize Scientists: How to Rebuild Scientific Trust in our Angry MAHA Times
In our angry MAHA times, how can we get people trusting science and scientists again. According to MIT’s Alan Lightman, one of America’s greatest sci…
1 year, 1 month ago
From Borges to Brain Scans: How our Minds Invent Reality
The human brain is so unbelievably complex that we barely understand its most basic functions. According to the British neuroscientist Daniel Yon, ou…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Hypocrisy of Trump's War on Universities: How Wealthy Families Game the College Admission Process
According to former college president Beverly Daniel Tatum, Trump’s war on university admissions is deeply hypocritical. On the one hand, she argues…
1 year, 1 month ago
Borders are Back, Baby: From Trump and Transylvania to Brexit and Bolivia's Navy
Globalization is dying, maybe even dead. Borders are back, baby. That’s the message in Jonn Elledge’s sparkling Brief History of the World in 47 Bord…
1 year, 1 month ago
Beware of another Silicon Valley Win-Win-Win: Can users, publishers and tech companies really all benefit from the AI revolution?
When somebody says “win-win” in Silicon Valley, check your pockets. It’s usually some elaborate prelude to a sales pitch. And the only thing dodgier …
1 year, 1 month ago
Every Day, Computers are Making People Easier to Use: The Return of IN FORMATION
It’s only been a quarter century, but IN FORMATION magazine is now back. Published by David Temkin with the tagline “Every Day, Computers are Making …
1 year, 1 month ago
Is Roman Polanski really worth defending?
Is the convicted sex criminal Roman Polanski worth defending? Particularly in the context of “An Officer and a Spy”, his vaguely autobiographical 201…
1 year, 1 month ago
How Parents Have Become the Social Media in Their Kids' Lives: So Taking Away Phones Won't Alone Fix the Teen Mental Health Crisis
It's become the new orthodoxy: social media is the cause of the epidemic of anxiety amongst adolescents. So the way to fix this is by taking away the…
1 year, 1 month ago
From Solitary to Silicon Valley: Shaka Senghor on America's Hidden Prisons
Shaka Senghor is one of America’s great survivors. Having spent 19 years in high-security prison, he has reinvented himself as a best-selling writer …
1 year, 1 month ago