What The Photographer Who’s Taken Hundreds Of Philosopher Portraits Really Thinks Of Philosophers

Steve Pyke is a renowned portrait photographer. He has published ten books, including the award-winning I Could Read the Sky.

A Smart, Sinuous Espionage Thriller Brimming With Heat

Kushner’s narrator is an American spy-for-hire. She’s 34, a dropout from a Berkeley Ph.D. program. She’s working under an assumed name.

Poem: ‘Moment’

A poetic expression penned by Irshad Salim in the Summer of 2020 –while in Islamabad:..

Ten Ways to Spot Gen Z, According to ChatGPT

As of 2023, those born between 1997 and 2012 make up the largest generation in the world, but how easy are they to spot?

Can the Brain Help Heal a Broken Heart?

This work could also help researchers understand the mechanisms that link psychological factors with physical health.

How to Stop the Future from Destroying Us

Nuclear war. Resource wars. Climate wars. AI wars. Wars in outer space. We’ve got our hands full. But maybe here’s a way through it.

Can a Butterfly’s Wings Trigger a Distant Hurricane?

Chaos and Cause: The answer depends on the perspective you take: physics or human agency…

What is Poetry?

Poet and artist Gozo Yoshimasu defines what poetry is via Basho, Walter Benjamin, Paul Klee, smoke, Zen philosophy, and handwriting.

Global Mobility, Bordered Realities, and Ethnocultural Contact Zones

Borders no longer are mere fixed invisible divisions set under geopolitical rationales whose main objective is defining national territorialities.

Words of Albert Camus

Patti Smith at her own Substack: Recently I was in San Francisco and did a…

Poem: So Live Your Life

So live your life that the fear of deathcan never enter your heart. Troubleno one…

Who Is the Ex-Israeli Soldier Serving as Biden’s Lebanon Envoy?

Since Oct. 7 of last year, his role has shifted from ostensibly being focused on energy to outwardly concerned with armed conflict.