Society

Being an asshole is a choice.

WSP leverages cellphone data to predict and prevent speeding, enhancing safety on Washington's roadways.

Money's sole purpose should be to make you happy and align with your values.

Feminists, religious crusaders and “alpha male” influencers have turned the tide in the decades-old battle over adult content.

Compared to farmers, foragers were more egalitarian and had more communal property, food-sharing, and child-rearing.

A leading conservative thinker on populism’s rise on the right.

Donald Trump brings America into Israel’s war on Iran.

Why Avoiding Hard Choices Is Destroying What Makes Us Human

Police departments in Oregon created an "analyst group" where they casually offer each other assistance with surveillance tools.

Our Obligation Beyond Borders

How we might rebuild journalism from the ground up by rethinking what a newsroom is.

Tulsi Gabbard is a National Security Emergency

A man on Bluesky attempted to explain the AI policies of Signal to the company's president, a baffling instance of mansplaining.

Who will take over for us if we don't train the next generation to replace us? A critique of craft, AI, and the legacy of human expertise.

He lived over 1,000 years ago, but King Canute’s life still has some important lessons for our own time. After conquering England, Denmark, Norway, and part of Sweden, he forged a vast North Sea empire

Why is so much AI slop about Jesus and the Bible, and why do Christians appear to love it?

How Musk turned chaos, cults, and contradiction into the most Byzantine machine in capitalism

Nadya Tolokonnikova tells the Guardian she felt she had ‘entered a wormhole’ when her police state exhibition was shut down – by the police state

How Nihilists Turned Expertise into the Enemy

Could ranked-choice voting help Zohran Mamdani beat Andrew Cuomo?

Why Pretending Not to See Authoritarianism Is the Most Dangerous Choice of All

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Liberal thinkers are shocked that nations are once again isolating from the world. The real surprise would be if they didn’t

Asia In Brief: PLUS: APNIC completes re-org; India cuts costs for chipmakers; Infosys tax probe ends; and more

Father's Day is a manufactured moment. So is Christmas morning, wedding rings, and saying "bless you" when someone sneezes. We just pretend some are

In a testament to how quickly time moves, 20 years ago Steve Jobs gave his famous Stanford commencement speech. If you haven’t heard it before, set aside the time to listen, it’s about …

The rift isn’t just about politics. It’s about pace, and place, and respect.