Curious Loop

I like a rousing story as much as anyone else, but systems aren't stories, and confusing the two won't actually fix what's not sustainable ...

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Experts say the infrastructure underpinning the internet is in danger of dividing into eastern and western blocs

The idea of capturing data from inside an aircraft dates back to the inception of air travel—but the developments haven’t kept pace with technology.

It is a "magical day", says the president, as the four siblings are found after 40 days missing.

TV’s streaming model is broken. It’s also not going away. For Hollywood, figuring that out will be a horror show.

CIA & Army Counterintelligence involved in secret “processing” of U.S. POWs who confessed to using biological weapons against China, No…

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Listen now (10 min) | It is time to decisively throw off the shibboleths of the immediate post-independence period. The Chola-style sengol is being restored to its rightful place as a symbol of the resurgent Indian State.

Heat as a rite of passage in the kitchen. Around the age of twelve, I expressed a desire to learn cooking. “Want to learn to cook?”asked my mother, as she […]

Just because technology can do something doesn’t mean it should

One thing I’ve learned over time is to read fewer books but to take the time to write summaries for the good ones. The ROI of spending 2h writing a synopsis is much higher than spending those 2h powering through the next book on your list. Reading is not about page count or speed. What matters is ho

How cocaine, the "patent medicine" industry and mass advertising created the world's most iconic beverage.

I like to write, and occasionally I idly consider the possibility that I should do it for a living. Then I remind myself: writing is a…

As U.S. meat supplies fell in the wake of bison kill-offs, a group of adventurers sought to bring hippo meat to the swamps of Louisiana.

How I remember my father

It’s tempting to invest in areas that promise certain returns for a given investment. Unfortunately, by the time an opportunity has become so well understood that anyone could pursue it, it is well on the way to commoditization. To find big payoffs, you must be willing to explore high uncertainty bets.

In the '90s, JFK Jr. founded a revolutionary magazine, which covered politics like it was pop culture. Was it a glimpse of the future?

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The citizen's starter kit to understanding the new global information cartel

On December 2, 1942, Chicago Pile-1 went critical, creating the world’s first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

There’s a resurgence of interest in the pioneering singer-songwriter who disappeared when she was 50.

We need to go beyond the review-and-approval paradigm