Theory of Everything, Theory of Nothing: On Physics and Other Profanities

Theory of Everything, Theory of Nothing: On Physics and Other Profanities

Joshua Roebke Wonders Why We Believe in the Unseen

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What Would Marcel Proust’s Instagram Grid Look Like?

What Would Marcel Proust’s Instagram Grid Look Like?

Meredith Westgate Wonders About the Role of Memory in the Age of Social Media

By Meredith Westgate | September 1, 2021

“Substantial, Satisfying, Hard to Digest.” How Apple Pie is Like America

“Substantial, Satisfying, Hard to Digest.” How Apple Pie is Like America

Matt Siegel Traces the Transatlantic History of Pies

By Matt Siegel | September 1, 2021

Eyal Press on the Immorality of “Dirty Work”

Eyal Press on the Immorality of “Dirty Work”

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 1, 2021

Rejecting Complacency: Books to Inspire Activism and Advocacy

Rejecting Complacency: Books to Inspire Activism and Advocacy

Lila Nordstrom Recommends Chanel Miller, Adrienne Marie Brown, and More

By Lila Nordstrom | September 1, 2021

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. on Leading Your Organization into the Future

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. on Leading Your Organization into the Future

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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The French military’s newest weapon: science fiction writers.

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Is Our Innate Fear of the Dark Unknown Preventing a Scientific Revolution in Theoretical Physics?

Is Our Innate Fear of the Dark Unknown Preventing a Scientific Revolution in Theoretical Physics?

Stephon Alexander Considers What We Know About Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Universe

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In Search of Human Consciousness in the Upper Paleolithic Era

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Charles Foster on the Birth of Our Sense of Self

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Julie Battilana on How Power Can Be Used for Good

Julie Battilana on How Power Can Be Used for Good

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Once Dostoyevsky’s Stenographer, Then His Wife

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Andrew D. Kaufman on the First Meeting Between Anna Snitkina and the Russian Author

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The Gathering Storm of Climate Change: On the Sickening Loss of the Land and the Optimism of the Youth Movement

The Gathering Storm of Climate Change: On the Sickening Loss of the Land and the Optimism of the Youth Movement

Niall Williams and Christine Breen Consider the Collective Failure to Address a Dire Man-Made Problem

By Niall Williams and Christine Breen | August 31, 2021

Yuval Taylor on Zora Neale Hurston’s Initial Reception

Yuval Taylor on Zora Neale Hurston’s Initial Reception

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

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