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Eric Hoel at The Intrinsic Perspective: Imagine that in every business school students were told, in all seriousness, that they were in training for being a billionaire. Imagine it was
Continue readingMaking a Living by Writing is as Rare as Being a Billionaire
James O’Malley at Persuasion: Imagine if after Oppenheimer successfully detonated the first atomic bomb, the rest of the world had just shrugged its shoulders and carried on as normal. Because
For those of us who live at the shorelinestanding upon the constant edges of decisioncrucial and alonefor those of us who cannot indulgethe passing dreams of choicewho love in doorways
Phil Klay shares his views at Wisdom of Crowds: Morality and War: Two words that seem to have nothing to do with each other. Yet as recent events have shown,
By Jason Dorrier at Singularity Hub: It’s a year of elections, and the internet is already rife with AI-generated political content. An AI robocaller mimicking Joe Biden made the rounds
Continue readingSay Hello to AI Steve, the AI Chatbot Running for Parliament in the UK
By Michiko Kakutani in Time Magazine: The confluence of multiplying political, economic, and social crises has made the military acronym VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) feel like a perfect
Published in the May 20204 Issue of South Asia Magazine: While the well-established view about Institutions is that they represent principles, laws, rules, accountability, procedures, values, and permanence beyond normal
Continue readingJaved Jabbar: Individuals, More Than Institutions?
By J. Howard Rosier at Poetry Foundation: The legacy of the deceased may truncate one’s growth, every feeling or decision checked against what ______ would’ve done. Two Minds (W.W. Norton,
Continue reading‘In Two Minds’: Callie Siskel Reflects on the Ghost of Her Famous Father
Daniel Bessner at Harper’s Magazine: In 2012, at the age of thirty-two, the writer Alena Smith went West to Hollywood, like many before her. She arrived to a small apartment
I used to read your poemsbut lately you don’t writeyou’re silent and aloofyou know that isn’t right.You can’t close a door once openedyou can’t abolish all your dreamsyou’re a poet
Leon Vlieger at The Inquisitive Biologist: When it comes to protecting animal species, you would think that conservation biologists, environmental advocates, and animal-loving members of the public are all on
Continue readingWhy Sharks Matter: A Deep Dive with the World’s Most Misunderstood Predator
Pranshu Verma in The Washington Post: Saurabh Netravalkar finds it hard to log off Slack. But a few weeks ago, the Oracle software engineer shipped his final code and set an
Continue readingAmerican Cricket Found a Star. He’s a Silicon Valley Tech Worker.