The overworked phrase ârewiring your brainâ suggests mechanical precision. The process is slow, messy, and incomplete
The overworked phrase ârewiring your brainâ suggests mechanical precision. The process is slow, messy, and incomplete
In publications like New Masses and The Anvil, the proletarian literary movement had a message for Ezra Pound: âSee you in hellâ
In publications like New Masses and The Anvil, the proletarian literary movement had a message for Ezra Pound: âSee you in hellâ
Peter Matthiessen went to Paris to spy and write the Great American Novel. But he was, in his words, âalways in the club drinking martinisâ
Peter Matthiessen went to Paris to spy and write the Great American Novel. But he was, in his words, âalways in the club drinking martinisâ
Extreme Inequality Presages The Revolt Against It
Nathan Gardels at Noema: When inequality is too vast to last, it doesnât. The skyrocketing valuations of Big Tech and the staggering concentration of wealth accruing to its titans only presage a revol
Pre-Class Assignment for Tuesday: 2026-01-27 :: Econ 196 :: Productivity & Technology
From candles to code & the brightness of modern prosperity: Malthus, LEDs, LLMs, & MOAR!âŠ
The Threshold
The right used to attack athletes who protested. Now they attack athletes who express feelings at all.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse â The Incredible Shrinking âMost Powerful Military in Historyâ
The United States is not merely losing military capacityâit is losing the ability to recognize what it no longer has. As political posture outruns material readiness, allies and adversaries are condit
Why Termite Kings Have Sluggish Sperm
New research reveals the evolutionary history of termites The post Why Termite Kings Have Sluggish Sperm appeared first on Nautilus.
A string of surprising advances suggests usable quantum computers could be here in a decade
Davide Castelvecchi in Nature: The pace of progress in the field has picked up dramatically, especially in the past two years or so, along several fronts. Teams in academic laboratories, as well as co
Utilities in the Southeast may be overestimating the AI boom
Power companies are already building more costly fossil fuel infrastructure than data centers may actually need.
Health, biotech, and longevity: How to extend human flourishing
Talks and writing from Progress Conference 2025
Tuesday links: jobs vs. gyms
AI Datacenters Drink More Water Than You Think
Why the "2.5 burger joints" metric doesn't tell the whole story, carbon-water footprint tradeoffs, and why long-term datacenter water usage looks very different.
The lyrics to DtMF by Bad Bunny Explained in Excruciating Detail
NGL, I went down a rabbit hole after seeing this translation of TitĂ Me PreguntĂł (TikTok / Insta). I knew the vague notions behind DtMF, but Iâm glad to have a better understanding now.
Pico Iyer: Silence, the Universal Medicine
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How We Grieve: Meghan OâRourke on the Messiness of Mourning and Learning to Live with Loss
"The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created."
The Vulnerable Universe Hypothesis
The vulnerable world hypothesis might apply to space
Ends and Beginnings: Terry Eagleton in Conversation
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The Last Yak Herder Of Ladakh
The post The Last Yak Herder Of Ladakh appeared first on NOEMA.
The Dark History of Space Medicine
How Nazi Germany influenced early research into spaceflightâs health impacts The post The Dark History of Space Medicine appeared first on Nautilus.
America isnât exceptional â itâs the exception
From the latest edition of Dense Discovery is this link to Not-Ship, a data-focused newsletter for understanding the world. Each of these mentions expand to greater paths of questioning and understand
80s Headshots of Famous Artists
Central Casting, but make it art
Some disconcerting facts about AI and banking that may have profound consequences
Disturbing new numbers
Nicholas Kristof: These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling
Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times: A ray of hope is emerging in American education. Not among Democrats or Republicans, each diverted by culture wars. Not in the education reform movement, largel
Fierce, wild, intractability. Emily Brontë's untameable spirit
extracts from Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë
The Crisis at the Heart of Modernity
Arleen Ionescu at the LARB: RECENTLY, THERE HAS been renewed scholarly interest in reassessing modernism. Several edited anthologies have been published this decadeâStephen J. Ross and Alys Moodyâs Gl
My Favorite Sin
Stephen Adubato on gossip.
Book Club: Screwtape Letters (Session 1)
Here's the link to join
The Greatest Tension Within 21st Century Progressivism Remains Unresolved
you can't be both a carceral feminist movement and an anti-police state movement
A different kind of guestbook
Robin Spielmannâs personal site is filled with delightful nooks and crannies. Stacks of books were just added to the media log, but Iâd also like to point out the lovely interpretation of a guestbook
This Football-Shaped Creature Was an Early Terrestrial Plant-Eater
The newly discovered specimen shows how early herbivory evolved The post This Football-Shaped Creature Was an Early Terrestrial Plant-Eater appeared first on Nautilus.
The latest avant-garde literary trend
Freddie DeBoerâs debut novel, The Mind Reels, is about a girl, Alice, who slowly goes crazy, gets medicated, goes crazy again, gets medicated again, etc.
Style Investing Meets IPO Markets
New research reveals that style investingâthe tendency of investors to chase recently hot investment stylesâplays a crucial role in IPO markets, with important implications for anyone investing in new
âThis Is Your Moneyâ: Trump Assault on CFPB Has Cost Consumers $19 Billion
The affordability crisis includes the cost of being cheated, which due to the weakening of the CFPB alone is a handsome sum.
JosĂ© Donosoâs âThe Obscene Bird of Nightâ
Larry Rohter at the NYRB: At the time of its initial publication in Spanish, JosĂ© Donosoâs extravagantly grotesque novel The Obscene Bird of Night seemed to lend itself to a primarily political interp
Research links: Bitcoin myths
Tuesdays are all about academic (and practitioner) literature at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last weekâs edition including a look at...
Episode 47 - The One Single Thing I'd Like Most To Stress About Ethics
my response to a challenging question I got asked in a recent interview
Donald Trump Is Kneecapping Oversight of Corporate Auditors
President Donald Trump has been carrying out a frenzied deregulation of financial markets. Recently, the administration stacked the USâs top watchdog of corporate auditors with Trump loyalists and for
Learning about longevity from long-lived animals
The secrets to extending human lifespans might lie in the animals that can already live for centuries.
Review: How Africa Works
Joe Studwell Turns To Africa
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