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by Tara Isabella Burton at Wisdom of Crowds: It is easy to be nostalgic for all kinds of unpleasant things. We are nostalgic for unhappy childhoods, brutal educational institutions, unhappy
Continue readingLockdown Nostalgia: I Miss Only Caring About What Really Matters
The trite answer to the question of why empires fall is that they become victims of their own success, growing too large, too corrupt, and too exhausted to fend off
Civilisation is hooped together, broughtUnder a rule, under the semblance of peaceBy manifold illusion; but man’s life is thought,And he, despite his terror, cannot ceaseRavening through century after century,Ravening, raging,
by Alexander Crooke at Singularity Hub: One could argue AI is essentially a tool aimed at making our lives easier. Humans been been crafting such tools for a long time,
Continue readingNo, AI Doesn’t Mean Human-Made Music Is Doomed. Here’s Why.
Irshad Salim, Karachi: My take on the vlog shared by a member at the Back2School WhatsApp Forum: –Seeking monies (aids, grants, support funds, etc.) due to being located on the
Continue readingTalking Points: ‘Why Pakistan’s Economy Keeps Collapsing’
Glenn Ellmers at The New Criterion: Can anyone help us understand the madness afflicting Western civilization? Art, for all its power, is usually better at reflecting or illuminating—rather than explaining—the
Continue readingLeo Strauss’ Published But Uncollected English Writings
By Peter Savodnik at The Free Press: We will soon know a little more thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, which NASA blasted into space on Christmas 2021 and
Continue readingAstronomers May Have Found Life Beyond Earth
Emma Bryce in Anthropocene Magazine: People who follow a diet rich in plants cut their mortality risk by almost a third, while simultaneously slashing the climate impact of their food by
Daniel Kelly at Aeon: It’s not that you don’t care about animal suffering. In other contexts, you actually care quite a bit – you would definitely do something if you
Osita Nwanevu and Oliver Traldi at Wisdom of Crowds: Dear Osita, You and I both like democracy, and we both want to push back against the theoretical challenges it’s faced
Liz Wolfe at Reason Roundup: “The Commandments do not confine themselves to arguably secular matters, such as honoring one’s parents, killing or murder, adultery, stealing, false witness, and covetousness,” wrote
Nick Gillespie at Reason: Today’s guest is John Mackey, the co-founder and former CEO of Whole Foods, who just released his memoir, The Whole Story: Adventures in Love, Life, and
Continue readingWhole Foods’ John Mackey: We Must Change How We Think About Capitalism