Author: DPstaff
On the Art of Imagining in Alan Lightman’s “Einstein’s Dreams”
Alizah Holstein at Literary Hub: I first read Einstein’s Dreams in 1993, very shortly after it was…
Dan Carlin on Podcasting, History, and Hero Worship
Nick Gillespie at Reason: In March, Reason‘s Nick Gillespie talked with one of the great…
The Problem(s) of Democracy
From Wisdom of Crowds: Institutions in decay: In the past, Ezra Klein argues, American political…
Culture, Digested: The PhD in Creativity
Jessa Crispin in The Culture We Deserve: One of the more interesting asides in the extensive…
Monday Poem: ‘How to be Happy in 101 Days’ by Tishani Doshi
Adore stone. Learn to manoeuvreagainst the heat of things. Shouldyou see butterflies gambol in the…
Why Medieval Philosophers Cared if Animals Made Mistakes
Sam Alma at Aeon Magazine: You are standing on a boat that is drifting down…
AI Hope or Hype?
From Project Syndicate: At the latest Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced that it is not…
Sabina Suey: The Valencian Postwoman Who Hid the Holy Grail in Her Sofa
When the Spanish Civil War broke out, everyone from Spanish revolutionaries to M.I.6 agents wanted…
Mary L. Trump: Why I’m Still With President Biden
The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump: It would be absurd to pretend that…
Phoon Phaan (Pomp & Grandeur)
Habib Khan, Quetta: I have been linked to Karachi for the last fifty years and…
Sunday Poem: ‘Oceans’ by Belle
An entire sea of waterCant sink a shipUnless the water gets insideYou sunk me.You got…