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The Evolution of Sports
Billions of people spend vast amounts of mental energy watching other people run around, often kicking or throwing or hitting balls. We attach our…
Jul 25
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The CrowdStrike Debacle is a Warning
We have engineered social systems that are hyper-optimized, super efficient, but incredibly fragile. It's a mistake—and unless we fix it, we will careen…
Jul 21
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Brian Klaas
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How Tyrants Fall
The 21st century is shaping up as a showdown between dictatorships and democracies. A new book reveals the surprising evidence of how dictators and…
Jul 18
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Brian Klaas
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How the World Sped Up
More change is happening, faster than ever before. Can we keep up? Or will we get left behind, obliterated by catastrophic risk in a world that shifts…
Jul 15
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Brian Klaas
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In a sea of disinformation, why is Wikipedia so accurate?
Wikipedia was once an unreliable source, used as a tool for advancing biased agendas. Today, it's extraordinarily accurate, a modern wonder in a world…
Jul 11
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Lessons from the British Wave
Politics is about dreaming how the world could be. But to enact change, you must win power—and that requires accepting the world as it is.
Jul 8
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June 2024
Another trip around the sun OR Raphael's deadly debauchery and the AI Zebras
In the immortal words of Dwight Schrute: "It is your birthday." I'm spending part of it with you fine folk, giving your brains something that I hope…
Jun 29
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Brian Klaas
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Five Reasons Trump 2.0 Would Be Worse
There's a widespread misconception that a second Trump term would be just like the first. That's a catastrophic misreading of American politics—and the…
Jun 25
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Why "manifesting" is far more irrational than using a medieval service magician
In the medieval past, people would routinely employ "cunning folk" or "service magicians" to help them. They were much more effective, rational, and…
Jun 18
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Inheritance: How Evolution Shaped Our Brains and Forged the Modern World
A new book by a renowned anthropologist and one of the smartest thinkers of our times provides a sweeping account of human history, latching onto three…
Jun 13
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A Tale of Two D-Day Cemeteries
Reflections, for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, on my recent trip to the American — and German — military cemeteries in Normandy.
Jun 6
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The Liar's Dividend: Why Politicians Claiming "Fake News" Get a Boost
New research shows that falsely claiming that a scandal was misinformation or a hit job by one's political opponents is an effective strategy in broken…
Jun 2
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