Category: Lifestyle
Why Gen Z are Rejecting ‘Girlboss’ Culture
Women (in the West) are aspiring to a “softer life”, away from that of “mid-2000s…
Where Should Society Draw the Line on Extreme Wealth?
Lucas Chancel in Nature: As radical as they might seem, calls for limits on wealth…
An Essay By an Artist: Nero’s Violin
Judson Vereen at Poetic Outlaws: My encounters with critics are minimal, yet explosive. They will…
Google and Harvard Map a Tiny Piece of the Human Brain With Extreme Precision
Our brains are like a jungle, writes Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: Fan reports that…
Teaching the Science of Happiness
“In order to help improve my students’ mental health, I offered a course on the…
She Wrote ‘The History of White People.’ She Has a Lot More to Say.
Jennifer Szalai in The New York Times: As the historian Nell Irvin Painter has learned over…
Imagineering: Teamwork. Backhoe Kid.
“Interest in the work matters”. “No problem can be solved from the same level of…
How One Man Brought Down the Leading Members of the British Establishment
John Arlidge at the Air Mail: Britain does a good line in scandal. The Profumo…
Sicily Sold Homes for One Euro. This Is What Happened Next.
Lisa Abend at Afar: Since the 19th century, large numbers of villagers in the poorer…
AI’s Next Big Step: Detecting Human Emotion and Expression
Alex Kantrowitz at The Big Technology: The AI field has made remarkable progress with incomplete…
Jhumpa Lahiri: The Art of Fiction
Francesco Pacifico in Paris Review: My first conversations with Jhumpa Lahiri took place in Rome this…