Cornell’s Real Crisis Is Irrationalism, Not Rape

Stash of hundreds of human teeth reveal surprising Maya burial practice

The U.K.'s Online Safety Act Has Been a Failure. Regulators Want To Broaden It Anyway.

Some Communications by Rabbi Shmuley with AI Platforms May Be Discovered in Order to Determine Punitive Damages

The most interesting way to look at Edward Said is to see the political and the literary as having always been conjoined

AI Terrorism Is Just Terrorism

Substack founder Chris Best speaks with legendary music producer Rick Rubin about AI

“What does it feel like to commune with AI spirits? It is a shot of caffeine. It is a dizzy spell. It is a download from the universe.”

The Dark Wood of the Golden Birds: Margaret Wise Brown’s Lost Masterpiece about Mortality and the Meaning of Life, Newly Illustrated

Brazil in Yet Another End-of-the-World Election

End of Term

We’re in the midst of an attention crisis. All is disruption and distraction. John Berger saw this crisis coming – and foresaw its consequences

Notes on the Literacy Crisis

Before puritanism and personality cults made it boring, affect theory brimmed with real intellectual potential. Laura Kipnis explains

Artists can be intellectuals, but no real artist is pure intellect. That was Marcel Duchamp’s problem

France's Welfare State Is Finally Imploding

California's 'Wealth Tax' Could Cost the State $39 Billion

Perceptions

Civilians Using Guns to Defend Against Multiple Shootings

When Smart Cities Turn Menacing

3 Reasons to Cancel This Year's 3.6 Percent Social Security Boost