June 23, 2026
AI’s Builders Are Both Arrogant and Afraid
The builders of the terrible, doomed tower of Babel sought to reach the sky to make a name for themselves. Was their...
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June 16, 2026
How to Become a Person After Smartphones Have Rotted Your Brain
Fifteen-year-old August Lamm posted a picture of herself on the r/amiugly subreddit with the following caption: 15/f...
May 28, 2026
The Future Belongs to Those Who Resist It
The main text of Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on humanity in the age of artificial intelligence,...
May 26, 2026
Idols of the Valley
Since the beginning of his papacy a year ago, Pope Leo XIV has held out the promise of offering the world some...
July 3, 2024
Will Congress Take the W on Chevron?
Imagine you are running a business in a heavily regulated industry — developing drugs, running a telecommunications...
October 26, 2022
Is Biden Breaking the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
An open letter recommending a bipartisan investigation
January 24, 2022
Is This Still an Emergency?
As with 9/11, we cannot sustain crisis politics for years after a moment of unity passes.
January 21, 2022
Sacrifice Is Not a Therapy
As Omicron rages, institutions have floundered to figure out what could be a commensurate response to spiking case...
December 23, 2021
‘Life is too short to be miserable’
Dear [a senior Stanford administrator],Thank you for informing us about Stanford’s decision to delay in-person...
December 17, 2021
Should There Be a Natural-Immunity Exemption for Vaccine Requirements?
Ari Schulman: Brendan, let’s get right down to it. Let’s say I’m the head of a university dealing with protests...