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A Math Revolution, and More
Stanford’s Jo Boaler wants to revolutionize how math is taught.
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The Paradox of Rootedness, and More
Genealogies connect us with the past, but they are also contingent exercises in historical interpretation.
Mar 23
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Oliver Sacks, and More
What does it take to get “roughed up” by Quakers? The relentless truth-telling and radical politics of Benjamin Lay were enough... more » “If the good…
Mar 22
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The Power of Joan Didion, and More
Brittle arms, unsentimental gaze, nervy glamour: How to make sense of the photographic power and presence of Joan Didion?... more » Obsessed with…
Mar 21
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Picasso in Paris, and More
At 61, the queer theorist McKenzie Wark still goes to raves, but is circumspect now: “I just don’t want to break a hip!”... more » Picasso in Paris. He…
Mar 20
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Down and Out in the Cute Economy, and More
Small dogs with flat faces are all the rage. And it's killing them.
Mar 17
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A Dearth of Deep Talk, and More
College was once for airing out one’s views completely. Now students — and professors — choose their words very carefully.
Mar 16
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Orwell and Camus, and More
Orwell and Camus. Though they never met, they were preoccupied by the same question: How to think truthfully in a world of untruths?... more » It’s…
Mar 15
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The Impossibly Eclectic Life of Ernst Jünger, and More
How to make sense of the impossibly eclectic life of Ernst Jünger: dandy, uncanny futurist, wartime occupier, intrepid entomologist, psychedelic…
Mar 14
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Large Language Models, and More
Large language models like ChatGPT are beguiling and amoral.
Mar 13
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Philosophers Don't Philosophize, and More
Philosophers don't philosophize; they “do philosophy.”
Mar 10
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Cults of Creativity, and More
In a world of screens and ChatGPT and metaverses, will people's sensory memories atrophy? It's already happening... more » Bemoaning breast enlargement…
Mar 9
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