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A conversation with the former Google CEO Eric Schmidt | Continue reading
A conversation with the former Google CEO Eric Schmidt | Continue reading
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If you hate them, it’s not your fault. | Continue reading
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The pandemic has exposed a fundamental weakness in the system. | Continue reading
Even Taco Bell is a tech company now. | Continue reading
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SpaceX just launched four private citizens into orbit for a three-day trip. | Continue reading
wikiHow embodies an alternative history of the internet, and an interesting possibility for its future. | Continue reading
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A visit to Kentucky's creationist museum, a conservative base in the culture war | Continue reading
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The billionaire’s extreme contrarianism is the secret to his success. | Continue reading
If you hate them, it’s not your fault. | Continue reading
Some of the winning and honored images from the 2021 Small World Photomicrography Competition | Continue reading
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A new study suggests that almost half of those hospitalized with COVID-19 have mild or asymptomatic cases. | Continue reading
The former cultural core of the GOP is exiting the party. The Democrats should keep those voters in their corner. Here’s how to do it. | Continue reading
A new paper examines the ways “whiteness” reproduces racial advantages and disadvantages. | Continue reading
A mission to rid the world of “terror” and “evil” led America in tragic directions. | Continue reading
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Most of the debate over the atomic bombing of Japan focuses on the unanswerable question of whether it was necessary. But that skirts the question of its morality. | Continue reading
When the Cold War ended, the intelligence community failed to adapt. Today it faces a similar challenge. | Continue reading
New technologies have accumulated tremendous power over our politics, economy, and lives—no one knows what to do about it. | Continue reading
Without evidence of wrongdoing, neither public agents nor private companies should be rifling through the photos on your personal devices. | Continue reading