Against Cleverness, and More

When did "cleverness" become a dirty word? When we all started drowning in contrived knowingness.

When did "cleverness" become a dirty word? When we all started drowning in contrived knowingness and irony ... more »

"Can We Survive Technology?" John von Neumann posed the question in 1955. We still await an answer... more »

The letters of John le Carré reveal his sense of shame and his moralizing streak — qualities many of his characters inherited ... …