Toward a future that preserves benefits of neurotechnology for all

The Metaphysics of the Declaration of Independence: Its Past and Its Future

Begone dull care

Mignon Dunn (1928 – 2026) Mezzo-Soprano

America the Great

Religious rites, rock concerts, and other transcendent moments stem from directing our attention to “something more than human”

Open Thread

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Why Some Wealth Gaps Closed—and Others Didn’t

Hannibal, Missouri is a company town, and the local industry is Mark Twain. "The perfume of manufactured nostalgia hangs heavy in the air"

A Chronological Reader's Guide To The Opinions In Trump v. Barbara

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“Silly on top of silly.” To some sociologists, the field’s yearslong drift toward left-wing advocacy is self-defeating

MIT researchers advance toward greater bandwidth, more energy-efficient communications

Illegible benefits

Karl Hess: toward liberty

A Natural History of William Kentridge’s Studio

1776 All-Stars: George Washington Was a Model of Restraint

It Wasn’t Just the Founders

Vasily Grossman died believing that his masterpiece had been seized by the KGB and lost forever

Hit by a car, beset by family tragedy, diagnosed with cancer: William T. Vollmann may be dying, but he’s also just finished a 3,000 page opus