An Alternative to Breaking News, Report
by Spencer Ackerman at Zeteo: There are unforced errors. There are mistakes we can see coming in advance. And then there’s President Joe Biden aggressively pursuing a deal with Saudi
Bryan Keogh at The Conversation: My fiancée and I recently opened our first joint checking account. It was quite a milestone in our relationship, since both of us prize our
Continue readingWhy Couples Should Share Their Finances – to a Point
Author Oscar Sanchez-Sibony shares his views with the Phenomenal World: The Soviet Union’s construction of pipelines across Western Europe granted the superpower access to European markets—and capital. In his new
By: Wendell Berry (to remind myself) i Make a place to sit down.Sit down. Be quiet.You must depend uponaffection, reading, knowledge,skill—more of eachthan you have—inspiration,work, growing older, patience,for patience joins
Rachael Gorman in The Scientist: The retina is layered with photoreceptors, a variety of other neurons, and protective and structural membranes, but retinal disorders can tamper with this delicate system. Mutations
Habib Khan, Quetta: The renowned Balochi writer Munir Badini, in his book titled “Shal ae gulen bazar” vividly describes the beauty of Quetta’s bazaar in the 1960s and the 70s.
Eric Hoel at The Intrinsic Perspective: Imagine that in every business school students were told, in all seriousness, that they were in training for being a billionaire. Imagine it was
Continue readingMaking a Living by Writing is as Rare as Being a Billionaire
James O’Malley at Persuasion: Imagine if after Oppenheimer successfully detonated the first atomic bomb, the rest of the world had just shrugged its shoulders and carried on as normal. Because
For those of us who live at the shorelinestanding upon the constant edges of decisioncrucial and alonefor those of us who cannot indulgethe passing dreams of choicewho love in doorways
Phil Klay shares his views at Wisdom of Crowds: Morality and War: Two words that seem to have nothing to do with each other. Yet as recent events have shown,
By Jason Dorrier at Singularity Hub: It’s a year of elections, and the internet is already rife with AI-generated political content. An AI robocaller mimicking Joe Biden made the rounds
Continue readingSay Hello to AI Steve, the AI Chatbot Running for Parliament in the UK
By Michiko Kakutani in Time Magazine: The confluence of multiplying political, economic, and social crises has made the military acronym VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) feel like a perfect