Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals

Shape the foundations of early Christian doctrine

How a community devoted to thinking clearly incubated salvation stories, abusive experiments, race science, and an affection for autocracy, and why that history matters now that its alumni are asking ...

This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of eve...

Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots? Is it the car that makes them behave aggressively behind the wheel, or are specific types of people drawn to such cars as well being more li...

The soldiers and Officers of the Imperial Military will each have their own interests and loyalties. The Galactic Empire never had a chance.

Nathalie Maréchal asks, why are we betting the economy and the future of democracy on cult-like beliefs?