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Mathematics is out there
Sergiu Klainerman spent years proving that black holes won’t fly apart; and arguing that maths is not a human invention.
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3 weeks, 3 days ago
Gen Z but two centuries ago
A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise.
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3 weeks, 6 days ago
Rights require money
Talk as much as you like about human rights, nothing will change until the architecture of global finance is reformed.
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4 weeks ago
Beneath our human shallows
We need a new imagination for the whole Earth, linking the power of the deep planet with the vitality of the surface.
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4 weeks, 2 days ago
Children are apprentices
The emotional and practical skills of adulthood can only be learned from (appropriate) levels of discomfort and stress.
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1 month ago
The eye in your pocket
Things have jobs: pillows are made for comfort, scissors are sharp, and digital devices are made to track your every move.
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1 month ago
The origins of Indians
Genetic studies support what historians have argued for decades: ancient India was a place of migration and mixture.
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1 month ago
Embrace the edge!
Brilliance and kindness shine brightest when far from the comfortable centre. Even nature is more generative there too.
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1 month ago
Reality emerges
Particles are nature’s smallest constituents, but that doesn’t mean they’re fundamental. So what is the Universe made of?.
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1 month, 1 week ago
To be is to participate
For Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, a person is not self-contained, but the outcome of a lifelong process of living with others: we before I.
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1 month, 1 week ago