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AddMark Zuckerberg built a future that nobody wanted. Tech bosses are repeating his mistake
Mismanagement and political campaigning have sucked the joy out of an event meant to bring people together
To HIV researchers, I am an ‘elite controller’ – someone whose immune system has enabled them to live for decades without symptoms or medication. I hope that one day science will understand this tiny but lucky minority
Andy Weir is the New York Times bestselling author of The Martian, Artemis, Project Hail Mary, and Cheshire Crossing.
The H5N1 virus has now reached every continent on the planet. What does it mean for some of the world’s unique species?
Why did Joan Didion love Barry Goldwater but hate Ronald Reagan? Historian Sam Tanenhaus helps make sense of Didion's conservatism.
A list of unheralded improvements to ordinary quality-of-life since the 1990s going beyond computers.
Brainstorm - Richard Scolyer
By Lee Vinsel
I'm reposting this essay I wrote in 2021 because the online blogging platform Medium has apparently changed its policies and people are having trouble accessing the original. Hopefully, I'll find a better, more durable solution soon. I'm reposting it unaltered, even though I would unsurprisingly do some
Criticism of public schools is not entirely wrong – but by ignoring unequal conditions, it misdiagnoses the problem and misplaces responsibility.