Category: Lifestyle
Jackie Onassis’ Trial Against Paparazzo Ron Galella Revisited in a New Book
Inside the 1972 trial that pitted Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis against New York’s most unrelenting paparazzo, Ron Galella.
The Killing of United Healthcare’s CEO in New York City
Response to CEO killing reveals antipathy toward health insurers − but entire patchwork system is to blame for ill feeling
How the Philosopher Charles Taylor Would Heal the Ills of Modernity
A hard thinker to pigeonhole, Taylor has long been a mainstay of Canada’s social-democratic left; he helped found the New Democratic Party,
Noam Chomsky at 96
The linguist, educator, philosopher and public thinker has had a massive intellectual and moral influence…
Lessons From Singapore: Urban Planning and Garden Spaces
Singapore’s leadership realized sanitation, landscaping and urban planning were not just about livability or property values.
How to Raise a Genius: Lessons from a 45-Year Study of Supersmart Children
A long-running investigation of exceptional children reveals what it takes to produce the scientists who will lead the 21st century.
Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars
The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds.
The School That Was a Ray of Light in Apartheid
The progressive and remarkably innovative Woodmead School briefly flourished amid the viciousness of apartheid South Africa.
You Won’t Believe This: Researchers are Trying to “Inoculate” People Against Misinformation
Kai Kupferschmidt in Science: Inoculation, also called “prebunking,” is just one of several techniques researchers are testing…
2025 Will Be the Year of Billions of AI Agents
From ChatGPT to a billion agents: I expect that in 2025, we will have systems that people look at, even people who…
The Three Circles of Influence
Many people are left behind in tasks that do not come under their control, and…
This Maverick Thinker Is the Karl Marx of Our Time
Karl Marx explained the 19th Century. Wolfgang Streeck, the German maverick thinker, is explaining the 21st.