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Christopher Gage at Oxford Sour: Three-quarters of the creative industry is under 45. Perhaps this age gap (not the sexually consensual and fun kind) explains why so much of what
Continue readingWhy Do Young People Talk Almost Exclusively in Adverbs?
Dr. Moeed Yusuf shares his views on Pakistan’s ‘ethos of mediocrity’: Sourced from digital pakistan @ instagram
Helen Macdonald in The New Statesman: Most of the lowland heaths I knew in my childhood were military-owned. Useless for agriculture, heathland was cheap, so in the 19th century the
By Nathan Gardels at Noema: If, through our discoveries, we humans could attain knowledge of the inner truth of how the world works, we would possess the encompassing wisdom of
Continue readingIs Goethe’s Warning of Hubris Outmoded or More Relevant Than Ever?
Albert Li in Science: It sounded like the right thing to do. I was a first-year Ph.D. student in educational psychology, and my research adviser told me I should consider practicing
David P. Mindell at Reason: The conventional narrative for evolution is outdated. I am not casting doubt on the fact of evolution. I am saying that the way most people
Dante Stewart in Time Magazine: America currently finds itself in a storm. A dreadful, at times unbelievable storm. A storm so dire and visceral that it seems to be the stuff of
I used to tell students…the difference between poetry and you is you look in the mirror and say, “I am getting old,” but Shakespeare looks in the mirror and says,
Yascha Mounk at his own Substack: Eitan Hersh is Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, focusing on U.S. elections and civic participation. His latest book is Politics Is for Power:
Continue readingEitan Hersh on the Perils of Political Hobbyism
by Nadeem F. Paracha at Dawn: Numerous books have been written on Islam in Pakistan. So, two years ago, I set out to write a book on the history of
Continue readingNadeem F. Paracha: Pakistan’s “Useful Idiots”
Michael Baharaeen at The Liberal Patriot: Joe Biden rocked American politics over the weekend with the news that he will be the first incumbent president since Lyndon Johnson in 1968
by Bennett Gilbert at Aeon: On 25 March 1965, the planes out of Montgomery, Alabama were delayed. Thousands waited in the terminal, exhausted and impassioned by the march they had
Continue readingMartin Luther King and Philosophical Personalism