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Why Foucault’s work on power is more important than ever
Original, painstaking, sometimes frustrating and often dazzling. Foucault’s work on power matters now more than ever. By Colin Koopman.
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It’s Time to Take the Gaia Hypothesis Seriously
“Perhaps life is something that happens not on a planet but to a planet: It is something that a planet becomes.” By David Grinspoon
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Can Many-Worlds Theory Rescue Us From Boltzmann Brains?
Boltzmann’s theory leads to a paradox, where the very scientific assumption that we can trust what we observe leads to the conclusion that we can’t trust what we observe. By Brian Koberlein.
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Are You Lost In The World Like Me?
Moby and The Void Pacific Choir
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The Soviet Union Is Gone, But It’s Still Collapsing
And five other unlearned lessons from leading experts about modern Russia and the death of an empire. (Dec. 22, 2016)
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The Criminal 'Laws' of Counterinsurgency
A new book traces how the CIA and U.S. counterinsurgency warfare operatives adopted lessons from the Nazis' fight against the partisans and evolved into a dangerous law onto themselves, writes retired JAG Major Todd E. Pierce.
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Are You Ready To Consider That Capitalism Is The Real Problem?
Before you say no, take a moment to really ask yourself whether it’s the system that’s best suited to build our future society. By Jason Hickel, Martin Kirk.
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A despot in disguise: one man’s mission to rip up democracy
James McGill Buchanan’s vision of totalitarian capitalism has infected public policy in the US. Now it’s being exported. By George Monbiot.
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Globalisation: the rise and fall of an idea that swept the world
The long read: It’s not just a populist backlash – many economists who once swore by free trade have changed their minds, too. How had they got it so wrong? By Nikil Saval.
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The Neuroscience of a Lynching
The science of hate can help us realise who the real criminal is: is it the lynchers, the instigators or both? And is an apathetic government complicit? By Sumaiya Shaikh.
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How Nature Solves Problems Through Computation
The evolutionary biologist Jessica Flack seeks the computational rules that groups of organisms use to solve problems. By Joshua Sokol.
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One Hundred Great Works of Dystopian Fiction
Tales about a world gone wrong.
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The Coming Software Apocalypse
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes. By James Somers.
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Saving Orwell
From invading Afghanistan to dismantling Confederate monuments, George Orwell has been pressed into the service of all sorts of causes. But the real Orwell remains unknown. By Peter Ross.
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Earliest Known Marine Astrolabe Found in Shipwreck
A mysterious bronze disc found in a shipwreck has finally been identified as the oldest astrolabe on record.
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Why Democracy Didn’t Work in Russia
Masha Gessen's new book traces the rise of repressive nationalism. By Christian Caryl.
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The Disruptors
Finance isn’t just an industry. It’s a system of social control. By J. W. Mason.
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The Death of Edward Herman
We need a new 'Manufacturing Consent.' By Matt Taibbi.
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The Climate Crisis? It’s Capitalism, Stupid
The work of saving the planet is not technical, it’s political. By Benjamin Y. Fong.
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