The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson, the #1 NY Times Bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving…
Exploding Stars Are Rare—but if One Was Close Enough, It Could Threaten Life on Earth
Johannes Kepler observed the last supernova in the Milky Way in 1604, so in a…
Thursday Poem: ‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in…
Annie Jacobsen: ‘What if We Had a Nuclear War?’
Annie Jacobsen in New Scientist: As an investigative journalist, I write about war, weapons, national…
An AI Deal as a Diplomatic Weapon
A relatively small deal — by Microsoft’s standards, anyway — is leading to big geopolitical…
How Do Machines ‘Grok’ Data?
Anil Ananthaswamy in Quanta: In January 2022, researchers at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, reported that these…
Traveling At The Speed Of The Soul
Nick Hunt in Noema: Returning home after being away for any length of time is strange….
Israel-Iran Conflict: High Chances of War
Did Iran destroy Israel’s largest Air Base? Big confession by Israel? Some talking points on…
Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Black Man
Henry Louis Gates, Jr at The New Yorker (from 1995): The two weeks spanning the…
War: An Opportunity for Spending?
Liz Wolfe at Reason: Republicans confirmed yesterday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.) plans to attempt to…
Wednesday Poem: Stenographer
Kathleen A. Wakefield: While Taking a Nap, the Invisible Stenographer Dreams She Can Play With…
Kerala: One Indian State, Four Exhilarating Ways
Scott Hocker at The Week: Kerala is a microcosm of India itself. The 360-mile-long sliver…