Sitemap - 2024 - The Garden of Forking Paths
South Korea's Warning for Washington
The Mirthful Assyriologist, the Real Noah's Ark, and the Oldest Writing in the World
General Butt Naked, MAGA Exorcisms, and the Politics of Witchcraft
Billionaire Villains and the Evolution of Overconfidence
Hidden Margins of Error OR the Fallible Uncertainty of Nate Silver
Elon Musk's Perfect Disinformation Machine
Plutocracy Rising: Billionaire Politicians and Gerrymandered Companies
De-Extinction and the Resurrection of the Woolly Mammoth
Griefbots and the Perils of Digital Immortality
The Last Statements of Death Row
Donald Trump and the "Banality of Crazy"
The Great Global Divergence of Values
Tim Walz as Antidote to Andrew Tate's Toxic Masculinity
An Anthropologist Goes to Boomtown
Kamala Harris and Democrats in Array
Billionaires and the Power of Verticality
The MAGA Abuse of the English Language
The CrowdStrike Debacle is a Warning
In a sea of disinformation, why is Wikipedia so accurate?
Another trip around the sun OR Raphael's deadly debauchery and the AI Zebras
Five Reasons Trump 2.0 Would Be Worse
Why "manifesting" is far more irrational than using a medieval service magician
Inheritance: How Evolution Shaped Our Brains and Forged the Modern World
A Tale of Two D-Day Cemeteries
The Liar's Dividend: Why Politicians Claiming "Fake News" Get a Boost
Joe Biden and the Inversion of Reality
The Thrilling Tale of Longitude and Our Neurons of Navigation
How Fox "News" Mimics Russian Propaganda Tactics
The Perils of Moneyballing Everything
Did a doomsday cult detonate a nuke?
The Bluetooth Viking and the Scattered Bones of King Cnut
The Evolution of Stupidity (and Octopus Intelligence)
Why We Need Press Objectivity, Not Balance
The "Moronic Inferno" and "the Fidgets," OR Why My Phone is Now Black & White
Why We Need Fools: Jesters, Power, and Cults of Personality
The Science of Conspiracy Theories
Big Gods and the Origin of Human Cooperation
Why do dictators hold "elections"—but rig them?
How to stop social dysfunction: wide vs. narrow problems
Why are Americans obsessed with conspiracy theories?
Why don't humans have tails or lay eggs? Adventures in evolutionary randomness.
The Great American Travel Guide
Funes the Memorious and the Useful Lie of Categories
Why Republicans Debase Themselves for Trump
One Day in Kentucky and What Actually Makes America Great
The Wisdom of Brown M&M's and Leaky Fire Hydrants
The Perils of an Enormous Social World
Why does 40%+ of America still support Trump?
The Woman Who Can See 100 Million Colors
Why the world is falling apart; does language change your brain; and the pain cave
Everything you always wanted to know about books (but were afraid to ask)