Once upon a time, in 1981, America decided to run an experiment on itself. Not a scientific experiment with controls and ethics committees, but the other kind, the kind where a nation trusts a story... Read More

Keep your superintelligence. The real danger is quieter: a kind of polished thoughtlessness, the production of outputs that feel increasingly less owned. I don’t fear a machine that can outthink me; I worry about a... Read More

Something I’ve seen emerge - particularly since Trump was elected to a second term - is a form of civic participation I would best describe as sticker discourse. In Chicago, the city I live in,... Read More

For more than a decade, Effective Altruism has attracted some of the most influential figures in technology, finance and academia. Sam Bankman-Fried claimed he would earn billions only to give them away; Dustin Moskovitz and... Read More

Sometimes something only stands out when you can’t ignore it anymore. That’s what happened to me during season two of “You.” Joe Goldberg, a charismatic yet dangerous stalker and murderer, meets his new love: Love... Read More

I’m a humanist because, to me, the philosophy of humanism has always been about positivity of the self, of others, and of the cosmos. It is both optimistic and trusting that human existence, science and... Read More

“All Ph.D. supervisors disappoint—just ask Arendt,” a newly minted graduate told me. It was a provocative statement, yet it captures a recurring tension in academia: the disillusionment that arises when intellectual brilliance is paired with... Read More