• Technology

    Silicon Valley

    Understanding the Pervasive Influence of Silicon Valley: On Peter Thiel and the Sprawling History of the Tech Industry

    By Max Chafkin  September 21, 2021
    The Hub

    New video game will let you beat up Lovecraft while pretending to be Hemingway.

    By Jonny Diamond  September 20, 2021
    Keen On

    Edward Glaeser on the Evolution of City Life

    By Keen On  September 14, 2021
    Keen On

    Azeem Azhar on Technology and the Exponential Gap

    By Keen On  September 14, 2021
    Keen On

    Thom Hartmann on the Shameful History of American Healthcare

    By Keen On  September 13, 2021
    Keen On

    Rob Reich on How to Control Technology

    By Keen On  September 10, 2021
    The Hub

    The single best video game about a novelist is getting a shiny new remaster this fall.

    By Emily Temple  September 8, 2021
    Keen On

    Yanis Varoufakis on Alternatives to Techno-Feudal Capitalism

    By Keen On  September 8, 2021
    The Hub

    Salman Rushdie’s next work of fiction will be published on his new Substack.

    By Walker Caplan  September 1, 2021
    The Hub

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

    By Walker Caplan  August 31, 2021
    The Hub

    For people who love LIES, here’s a laptop case designed like a book.

    By Walker Caplan  August 25, 2021
    The Hub

    Marvel Comics is branching out . . . into NFTs.

    By Walker Caplan  August 24, 2021
    Consciousness

    I Bark, Therefore I Am: Of Consciousness and Robot Dogs

    By Meghan O'Gieblyn  August 24, 2021
    Keen On

    Sergey Young on the Science and Ethics of Living to 200

    By Keen On  August 24, 2021
    Cars

    Meet the Real-Life Inspiration Behind “Mr. Toad”

    By Tom Standage  August 20, 2021
    Computer Science

    Behind the Invention of the Cryptosystem That Revolutionized Tech

    By Ian Stewart  August 18, 2021
    Reading

    The Ugliness of Comic Sans Has a Practical Use

    By Jonah Lehrer  August 17, 2021
    Fan Culture

    Fascist Fandom and Raging Incels: Tracing the Baffling Nerd-to-White-Nationalist Pipeline

    By A.E. Osworth  August 16, 2021
    The Hub

    The summer of writing scams continues with a series of Goodreads ransom notes.

    By Walker Caplan  August 12, 2021
    The Hub

    This digital humanities project gives users free access to William Blake’s printed work.

    By Walker Caplan  August 12, 2021
    The Hub

    The man behind the fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter account has been unmasked.

    By Walker Caplan  August 11, 2021
    Indigenous Peoples

    How a Ride-Sharing Collective Aims to Combat the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

    By Marcello Di Cintio  August 6, 2021
    Technology

    Seeking Sanctuary from Electromagnetic Radiation in Green Bank, West Virginia

    By Stephen Kurczy  August 4, 2021
    Business

    Tesla vs. GM: On the Early Years of the Electric Car Wars

    By Tim Higgins  August 4, 2021
    The Hub

    The newest self-publishing platform for writers? OnlyFans.

    By Walker Caplan  July 30, 2021
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