Society, Science and Culture
Long reads on economics, education, history, science and the people shaping our future.
- Billion-Parameter TheoriesWe assumed good theories are small. But the minimum viable compression of a complex system might be billions of parameters large.Billion-Parameter Theories
- How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readersEmily Hanford's APM Reports documentary on how schools have spent decades teaching children the strategies of struggling readers...How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
- Innovating for the Real WorldInnovation has long been a driving force behind societal progress, but in today's interconnected and rapidly changing world, the...The Diffusion Dilemma
- Why Britain Has StagnatedAn essay analyzing Britain’s economic decline through the lens of infrastructure failure. The authors argue that the 1947 Town...Foundations
- Forms of Life, Forms of MindDr. Michael Levin explores the science and philosophy of embodied minds, consciousness, and what forms of life and cognition can be.Forms of life, forms of mind | Dr. Michael Levin
- The Lost City of Cambodia: MahendraparvataSmithsonian on the rediscovery of Mahendraparvata, a royal capital hidden on a remote Cambodian plateau that may have been the...The Lost City of Cambodia
- Lithuanian startup launches open-source network to detect Shahed-type dronesA Lithuanian startup has launched an open-source drone detection network in collaboration with activists to identify Shahed-type...Lithuanian startup launches open-source network to detect Shahed-type drones
- Valencia Floods: Satellite Remote Sensing AnalysisThis article examines the meteorological conditions and impacts of extreme flooding in eastern Spain using orbital satellite...Valencia Floods - NASA Science
- Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz in The New Yorker, drawing on new interviews and closely guarded documents to examine the...Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
- Certain of the One Thing They Can't ExplainAn essay prompted by Michael Pollan's years of consciousness research: why the one thing everyone is certain of, their own...Certain of the One Thing They Can't Explain