While Adam Smith is celebrated in some circles as the “Father of Free-Market Economics” (Austrians would disagree), his ...

Young people are facing a future shaped by climate anxiety, political extremism, economic instability, and chronic loneliness ...

In June 2026, we will publish an anthology of writing from 177 of these young people in the “1455 Young Poets Anthology.” More than 300 young people submitted their poems to a nonprofit I run, called ...

Across the English-speaking world, centre-left democracies are arriving at an impasse. As their support bases diverge and fracture, they rely more and more on ambiguity as a policy tool to hold it ...

Logical fallacies are mistakes in arguments. For example, if someone says that something is better solely because it is more "natural," this is the appeal to nature fallacy. If someone presents two ...

That’s the title of a paper that 404 Media reports was recently published by Alexander Lerchner, a Senior Staff Scientist at Google DeepMind. Regardless of grand pronouncements from folks, including ...

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Many people in long-term relationships have used the same phrase to quiet thoughts of leaving: But it’s already been so long! If I leave now, all of that time and effort will go to waste. As it turns ...

My friendships exist in silos. Each hangout is a feverish one-on-one where we share fries and eye contact, confessions, rants, gossip, and mutual attempts at amateur therapy. This patchwork of ...

Logical fallacies are flaws in reasoning. They are often called informal fallacies. It's becoming more common for people to call out these fallacies by name. You often hear accusations of people ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming commonplace, despite statistics showing that only approximately 7% to 13% (depending on size) of companies have incorporated AI into their regular ...