Uncovering the political and philosophical aspirations of the scientific enterprise
The retreat from time is not a winning answer to our tech malaise.
We’re brain-fried on superhero fistfights. It’s time to learn from heroes who run away.
One brilliant madwoman’s quest to show that the Bard’s works were secretly penned by the father of science, at war with his own creation
Cheese, curry, beer: We can thank our ancestors who put food scraps to creative use. What we’re leaving our children is garbage.
Jacques Ellul on escaping the totalizing grip of “technique”
America’s defining cultural artifact is the economics white paper.
Why Claude Lévi-Strauss celebrated every culture but his own