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A More Political Science

What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?

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Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Shoshana Weissmann

How Not to Regulate Social Media

Proposed privacy and bot laws don’t target real problems, and would cause needless harm

From: The Ruin of the Digital Town Square

Shoshana Weissmann

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Review | Winter 2019

Winter 2019

  • David Kordahl

Steven Weinberg Glimpses the Promised Land

The sage of physics takes on politics and philosophy — and dreams of science’s last day

David Kordahl

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Essay | Winter 2019

Winter 2019

  • Algis Valiunas

The Most Dangerous Possible German

On the ambiguous legacy of Werner Heisenberg, quantum genius and would-be inventor of the Nazi A-bomb

Algis Valiunas

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Essay | Winter 2019

Winter 2019

  • P. W. Singer
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Jihadi Digital Natives

How ISIS liked, shared, and posted its way to power

P. W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking

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Essay | Winter 2019

Winter 2019

  • David A. Murray

Will Climate Change the Courts?

In suing for “climate justice,” the “children’s climate crusade” aims to subvert the democratic process.

David A. Murray

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Essay | Winter 2019

Winter 2019

  • Jon Askonas

How Tech Utopia Fostered Tyranny

Authoritarians’ love for digital technology is no fluke — it’s a product of Silicon Valley’s “smart” paternalism.

Jon Askonas

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Essay | Summer/Fall 2018

Summer/Fall 2018

  • Yuval Levin

What Happened to Bioethics?

Why biomedical research doesn’t roil national politics anymore — and the thin hope offered by the last time it did

Yuval Levin

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Essay | Summer/Fall 2018

Summer/Fall 2018

  • Algis Valiunas

Jonas Salk, the People’s Scientist

How the man who vanquished polio won the public’s love but never the respect of his peers

Algis Valiunas

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Essay | Summer/Fall 2018

Summer/Fall 2018

  • L. M. Sacasas

How Facebook Deforms Us

Strengthening our social fabric won’t be enough to fix the platform that’s fraying it

L. M. Sacasas

Essay | Spring 2018

Spring 2018

  • L. M. Sacasas

The Tech Backlash We Really Need

Silicon Valley will only be strengthened by its present scandals unless we ask deeper questions.

L. M. Sacasas

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