August 31, 2021
Modernity and the Fall
If you could either fly or be invisible, which would you choose? According to a Rorschach test immortalized by This...
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August 31, 2021
Statistics as Storytelling
America’s defining cultural artifact is the economics white paper.
May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021
Can Machines Have Common Sense?
“Deep learning” hype misses a basic feature of human intelligence.
May 25, 2021
March 2, 2021
Why We Can’t Leave Nature Alone
We shouldn’t be so bashful about tinkering with the environment to save it.
March 2, 2021
The Case Against the Case Against Space
If we had to solve the human condition before we tried anything new, we’d never try anything new.
March 2, 2021
You Are Not Galileo
Are Anthony Fauci and “Plandemic” cranks both like the persecuted astronomer? It’s time to retire this trope.
March 2, 2021
December 3, 2020
Why We Need a Technological Environmentalism
Saving the planet means going high-tech, not back to nature.