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Cultural evolution is humanity’s superpower. But we may have broken it. Compared to centuries ago, the world’s cultures now have much higher internal drift rates, much weaker selection pressures, and much less variety. Not re songs or tech, but re norms, status markers, and other culture features that are harder to vary among associates, and thus whose innovation needs more selection

The post discusses the pervasive influence of Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric, citing multiple instances where his statements have incited real-world violence. It highlights failed assassinat…

Bad Faith exposes Christian Nationalism, the most powerful anti-democratic force in America. Streaming on AppleTv+ and Google Play beginning April 26. Available for preorder now.

The little-known charity is backed by famous conservative donors, including the families behind Hobby Lobby and Uline. It’s spending millions to make a big political push for this election — but it may be violating the law.

From Timothy Snyder, an incredible piece on Trump, the coup attempt, and this fascist moment in American history. (Snyder, you may

The Moment, The Media, The Election

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I won’t wear the red flats again. That’s that girl who is in the bathroom forever. I know everybody knows.

How do we hold on to what matters in a distracted age?

On the front lines of the attention liberation movement

The irony: Online is where we most need the identity cues that idiosyncratic language used to provide.

Gen Z is using iPhone’s notetaking app to plan outfits and style new looks from their existing wardrobes. How can brands get involved?

If gamification isn’t specific to its subject, it won’t be effective.

Classical statues in the profile? Racism and misogyny in the feed? Tallulah Trezevant looks at the alt-Right and Classics...

Labour’s victory has appeared inevitable for so long that it’s easy to understate how rapid and total the change has...

As Twitter was crumbling under Elon Musk’s new leadership in 2023, various online circles found themselves flocking to alternative platforms. While some may have kept using Twitter (now known as… X), a non-negligible number of communities migrated over to Mastodon and other smaller platforms. Meanwhile, Meta shipped its own textual social media platform, Threads. The

Meet the Richards: The Parisian Couple who Commercialised Fetishism - Editor's Picks - Messy Nessy Chic

Join us at Gray Area on July 26th for a special evening of ambient performances led by Gray Area Incubator Artist Chia Amisola.

We all have a pretty good idea that our finances are being snooped on, but most of us aren't quite able to articulate how. We know that we'r...

C&S Wholesale Grocers is the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the U.S. and an industry leader in supply chain. Founded in 1918, we have a strong

Grocery giant Kroger Company has released a list of hundreds of stores it plans to divest to gain approval for its merger with Albertsons.

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Even simple actions online can take a toll on the environment.

Many companies build their businesses on open source software, code that would cost firms $8.8 trillion to create from scratch if it weren't freely available. Research by Frank Nagle and colleagues puts a value on an economic necessity that will require investment to meet demand.

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TUAW, a site that was shut down 10 years ago, was sold to a private equity firm, then to a company in Hong Kong, and has now stolen its old workers' identities and is running their old work through AI summarizers.

This is quite amazing to me. Never heard of these before. The great northern coast of Russia is inside the Arctic Circle, and the shoreline is hundreds of miles from civilisation almost the whole w…